As I read the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, it's time again for one of those heart checkups. Good thing we have a living prophet who also doubles as a heart surgeon! But as I ponder the Beatitudes and all the "Blessed are's," I must admit that being hungry, thirsty, persecuted, poor, and sometimes even meek, were never on my bucket list. Then the Savior approaches His teaching from another angle in Luke 6: "But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation." Ouch!! That WAS on my bucket list.
Last time I watched the NCAA Basketball Tournament (which I have to admit has been a few years), the consolation game was NOT what the athletes were playing for.
Another verse might be helpful here:
"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see" (Revelation 3:16-18).
PERSONAL APPLICATION: While in my comfort zone of mediocrity I never see my lack. But when I see that spiritually I am poor, wretched, miserable, and blind, I can see my need for my Savior Jesus Christ, allowing His grace to come into my life.
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