October 26

When Jesus changes your life, you will do what He says to do! The invalid did just that even though he knew that he was doing something against the society and the religious order of the day, (which didn’t help him a bit). When I think about Jesus having a party with the tax collectors and this man carrying his mat, I know that I must do what Jesus says, even when it breaks the “normal” thinking of religious people. That just can’t be my concern. I have got to be willing to break down the religious norms for Jesus and take whatever grief people give me. People dissect the Word and come up with all kinds of philosophies of life, church, etc…, but the Word leads me to Him who has life and I must live the life (that would never contrast with the Word) that He tells me to.

Jesus and His Kingdom sometimes, many times, sets things on their heads. He has a way of looking at things that is different. The sermon on the mount is different from the status quo of thinking, such as happy (blessed) is the poor in spirit, or turn the other cheek, or the fact that there are people who are great and who are least in the Kingdom of Heaven, or that murder and adultery take place in your heart and that hypocrites (2 faced people – actors) are the ones that want every religious thing they have done to be announced or noticed. I could go on but you get the point. I must not make the Kingdom of God like this world or what this world thinks. It is so different! Don’t let me logically approach things with this world’s logic, speak to me Lord and show me your logic and your Kingdom principles – especially the ones that make no sense to this world. (Like give your way out of poverty).