Coming down off the mountain with them, he stood on a plain surrounded by disciples, and was soon joined by a huge congregation from all over Judea and Jerusalem, even from the seaside towns of Tyre and Sidon. They had come both to hear him and to be cured of their ailments. Those disturbed by evil spirits were healed. Everyone was trying to touch him—so much energy surging from him, so many people healed! Then he spoke:
You’re blessed when you’ve lost it all.
God’s kingdom is there for the finding.
You’re blessed when you’re ravenously hungry.
Then you’re ready for the Messianic meal.
You’re blessed when the tears flow freely.
Joy comes with the morning.
“The Great Reversal”
Jesus reverses how it is with us - we think we can find life by taking it. Jesus says we find life by loosing it. It is out of the depths of life that we discover life. It is when we are poor that we learn to trust; hungry that we learn to appreciate and be thankful; weep that we discover the joy which cannot be taken away.
Life is not found in being rich; it is found in being needy and then having someone fill that need for us. Then we discover what friendship and love really are all about.
Life is not found in being full;
it is found in being hungry
for the deeper things of life,
even hungry for God’s love.
Prayer thought for the week: “Lord help me to be hungry for the deeper things of life. Be with me in the depths so I can know the joy which comes in the morning.”
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