Take it to the bank
32 "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 12:32-34 (ESV)
Fear not. What does the absence of fear look like? Selling and giving. I didn't say it. I certainly don't live it. The church today doesn't teach it (as long as we think about things differently from the world, we can still keep all our stuff).
Freedom. That's what I'm reading here. This is nothing earth shattering, but to get beyond the hardness of my heart and the lies I tell myself, I've got to keep repeating it to myself (I've got a two-year-old at home who learns faster). One day, maybe I'll acknowledge that my life is the sham that I know it is - of minimal kingdom use. I don't like the lies. I know I'm a slave. I feel it this week especially.
Will I change? Will I move toward freedom? Will I get out of the pig slop and run back to the Father?
Luke 12:32-34 (ESV)
Fear not. What does the absence of fear look like? Selling and giving. I didn't say it. I certainly don't live it. The church today doesn't teach it (as long as we think about things differently from the world, we can still keep all our stuff).
Freedom. That's what I'm reading here. This is nothing earth shattering, but to get beyond the hardness of my heart and the lies I tell myself, I've got to keep repeating it to myself (I've got a two-year-old at home who learns faster). One day, maybe I'll acknowledge that my life is the sham that I know it is - of minimal kingdom use. I don't like the lies. I know I'm a slave. I feel it this week especially.
Will I change? Will I move toward freedom? Will I get out of the pig slop and run back to the Father?
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