Luke 12:32-40
32"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
What we live for is what we become. I will end up - my heart will end up - where I put my energy and hope. We become possessed by what we set out to possess.
Because this is more true than we would like to admit, we need to be reminded often that life is a gift not a possession; and so is the Kingdom of God.
To lose life is to find it; to be possessed by the gift of the Kingdom is to become a servant in the work of the Kingdom. It is not just ours to have. It is ours to give.
And this means we will do strange things, even surprise ourselves.
For God’s Kingdom, freely given, joyfully received, becomes not a possession we have but a possession which has us!
constantly pose critical questions to the
society you live in, so long as you emphasize
the need of conversion both for yourself and
for the world, ...so long as you stay unsatisfied
with the status quo and keep saying that a new
world is yet to come. You are Christian only
when you believe you have a role to play in the
realization of this new Kingdom, and when you
urge everyone you meet with holy unrest to make haste so that the promise might soon be fulfilled."
Henri Nouwen, "Circles of Love”
Prayer thought for the week: “Lord, possess me with love and thankfulness, so I can be a servant in your Kingdom.”
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