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Friday... We sometimes need to do a little climbing to find that quiet place.


Friday... We sometimes need to do a little climbing to find that quiet place.

Jesus was out with his apprentices and His ministry was drawing huge crowds and on this particular day He climbed a mountainside. When He arrived at a quiet place, He sat down and started teaching His climbing companions. Matthew 5:1-2 (MSG)

Now I love that scene, both the huge crowds and the quiet place. Huge crowds are great, having success is great but sometimes we need to stop and climb to a quiet place where we can really see our life from a new perspective. We all need that quiet place, but it takes effort to get there but there is such a reward.

Now He said a lot in this time of teaching. In verse 3 of Matthew 5 (MSG) He said, "You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule."

Now think of this. The apprentices had to do some climbing to get this place where they were hearing Jesus teaching. They knew and wanted more and they were blessed when they pressed forward. They knew they could not do life on their own and they were blessed for that.

Are you at the end of your rope? Is life more than you can handle? That's a very good spot to be when you are an apprentice of Jesus. It is at that point you will be blessed because you reach out to Him more and you will need to do some climbing over your pride, your self-will, your high opinion of yourself and your accomplishments. "You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule."

And then verse 5 says, "You're blessed when you're content with just who you are - no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought."

Now that is a good thing to find out. So let's do a little climbing over a lot of stuff that is holding us back from that quiet place where we realize how blessed we really are. To come to that place of contentment with who we really are and with the fact that God has made us proud owners of everything that can't be bought.

That is such a great place to be. He says to you and me, "You're blessed when you're content with just who you are - no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought."

So let's starting dong a little climbing over the stuff in our lives that is keeping us from that quiet place of "With less of you there is more of God and his rule." and "the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

 
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