Piety
“Solomon answered: “Give your servant, therefore, an understanding Heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong.” 1Kings 3:5,7-12
Study
“For those he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son…And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified.” Romans 8:28-30
Action
“Do you understand these things?” They answered, “Yes.” Matthew 13:44-52
All these past few weeks of “Ordinary Time,” Jesus has been teaching the disciples with Parables.
Today, we are the disciples that Jesus is teaching.
In Bible times, the writers knew that Wisdom from God was a matter of “life or death.” Solomon understood that as did the prophets.
We need to have “an understanding Heart” and know that the “Pearl of great price” is Salvation that He has procured and secured for us.
Do we just answer glibly “Yes, I'm saved.” when asked?
Are we willing to sell or give up all, for the sake of the One who has “saved us”?
Have we really, really answered “Yes” to His call?
Are we willing to even risk the comfort of “self” to take a decided stand for JESUS?
Remember, the bottom line here is...”LOVE!”
Are you willing to?
Michael Card, “The Things We Leave Behind”
There sits Simon,
so foolishly wise
proudly he's tending his nets
Then Jesus calls,
and the boats drift away
all that he owns he forgets
More than the nets
he abandoned that day,
he found that his pride was soon drifting away
It's hard to imagine the freedom we find
from the things, we leave behind
Matthew was mindful
of taking the tax,
pressing the people to pay
Hearing the call,
he responded in faith
followed the Light and the Way
Leaving the people
so puzzled he found,
the greed in his heart
was no longer around and
it's hard to imagine
the freedom we find
from the things we leave behind
Every heart needs to be set free,
from possessions that hold it so tight
'Cause freedom's not found in the things that we own,
It's the power to do what is right
Jesus, our only possession,
giving becomes our delight
We can't imagine the freedom we find
from the things, we leave behind
We show a love for the world in our lives
by worshipping goods we possess
Jesus has laid all our treasures aside
“love God above all the rest”
'Cause when we say 'no'
to the things of the world
we open our hearts
to the love of the Lord and
it’s hard to imagine
the freedom we find
from the things, we leave behind
Oh, and it's hard to imagine
the freedom we find
from the things
we leave behind
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