Verses: Luke 6 : 20 - 26
My thoughts about the verses:
I wanted to start this by saying that Jesus isn't saying that you must be poor to be forgiven. What Jesus is pointing out is that is harder to center your life on God when you have everything you need. You feel like you can do everything on your own. Those that do not have their needs met seek out others for help. Because of this it is easier for a poor man to ask for God's help.
Think on this for a moment. Has there been a time in your life that your basic needs were not met? In those moments were you not humbled by God. Did you turn to God to ask for help and guidance? Has there been time in life where everything seemed to be going good? Perfect job, loving family, nice home what did you do in those times?
See what Jesus is trying to tell us is that we need to focus on God first. We need to be like those that are suffering. For when you suffer you turn to God. We need to focus our attitudes and actions on pleasing God. We need to understand that we cannot do this on our own. We need to be thankful for all the gifts God has given to us. At the same time those that are trying to get their basic needs met must turn to God. Not to be angry because they do not have. They need to ask God to provide abundance to their life. They must not think that they are not worthy of God's blessings. When their needs are met they must thank God for their new blessings.
See it is a continuous circle in life. There are times of struggle and times of fulfillment. Times when nothing seem to be going right and times when everything is going as you planned. Yet, no matter which one of these situations you are in you must turn to God.
God will be there and help anyone to receive the most wonderful gift of salvation. Yet, you must ask for the gift. True it is free but the decision to receive is your own choice. Jesus was showing the people how they must not envy what others have. Our focus needs to be on committing our lives to God. Once that is fulfilled the rest of your life will go smoothly. You can be rich or poor to get into Heaven. Yet, worldly riches will not get you there. Life's tragedies on the same hand do not get you to Heaven. We all get there the same way and that is through the blood of Jesus.
Prayer:
Thank you God for the good times in our life. Thank you for sending Jesus so that we may be cleansed from our trespasses. Help us when we are struggling so that we might find joy. Help us in times of abundance so that we can leave worldly possessions behind and concentrate on Heavenly rewards. For it is in the name of the Most High we pray. Amen
Questions:
My thoughts about the verses:
I wanted to start this by saying that Jesus isn't saying that you must be poor to be forgiven. What Jesus is pointing out is that is harder to center your life on God when you have everything you need. You feel like you can do everything on your own. Those that do not have their needs met seek out others for help. Because of this it is easier for a poor man to ask for God's help.
Think on this for a moment. Has there been a time in your life that your basic needs were not met? In those moments were you not humbled by God. Did you turn to God to ask for help and guidance? Has there been time in life where everything seemed to be going good? Perfect job, loving family, nice home what did you do in those times?
See what Jesus is trying to tell us is that we need to focus on God first. We need to be like those that are suffering. For when you suffer you turn to God. We need to focus our attitudes and actions on pleasing God. We need to understand that we cannot do this on our own. We need to be thankful for all the gifts God has given to us. At the same time those that are trying to get their basic needs met must turn to God. Not to be angry because they do not have. They need to ask God to provide abundance to their life. They must not think that they are not worthy of God's blessings. When their needs are met they must thank God for their new blessings.
See it is a continuous circle in life. There are times of struggle and times of fulfillment. Times when nothing seem to be going right and times when everything is going as you planned. Yet, no matter which one of these situations you are in you must turn to God.
God will be there and help anyone to receive the most wonderful gift of salvation. Yet, you must ask for the gift. True it is free but the decision to receive is your own choice. Jesus was showing the people how they must not envy what others have. Our focus needs to be on committing our lives to God. Once that is fulfilled the rest of your life will go smoothly. You can be rich or poor to get into Heaven. Yet, worldly riches will not get you there. Life's tragedies on the same hand do not get you to Heaven. We all get there the same way and that is through the blood of Jesus.
Prayer:
Thank you God for the good times in our life. Thank you for sending Jesus so that we may be cleansed from our trespasses. Help us when we are struggling so that we might find joy. Help us in times of abundance so that we can leave worldly possessions behind and concentrate on Heavenly rewards. For it is in the name of the Most High we pray. Amen
Questions:
Are you struggling in meeting your basic needs? Are you living a "good" life because of your good fortune here on Earth? Have you turned yourself over to the love of God? Have you accepted the blessing that God wants to give you? Are you holding onto the things of the Earth and putting God last? What do you need to do today to grow in the abundance of life that Jesus wants to give us freely?
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