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Date Posted: 11:17:49 07/25/00 Tue
Author: Micki
Subject: Am I Blessed Like This?




Am I Blessed Like This?

"Blessed are . . ." (Matthew 5:3-11).

When we first read the statements of Jesus,
they seem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unnoticed into
our subconscious minds.

For instance, the Beatitudes initially seem
to be merely soothing and beautiful precepts for overly spiritual and
seemingly
useless people,
but of very little practical use in
the rigid, fast-paced workdays
of the world in which we live.

We soon find, however, that the Beatitudes contain the "dynamite" of the Holy
Spirit.
And they "explode" when the circumstances
of our lives cause them to do so.
When the Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance one of the Beatitudes,
we say, "What a startling statement that is!"

Then we must decide whether or not we will accept the tremendous spiritual
upheaval that will be produced in our circumstances
if we obey His words.
That is the way the Spirit of God works.
We do not need to be born again to apply
the Sermon on the Mount literally.
The literal interpretation of the Sermon
on the Mount is as easy as child's play.
But the interpretation by the Spirit of God
as He applies our Lord's statements
to our circumstances is the strict and difficult work of a saint.

The teachings of Jesus are all out of proportion when compared to our natural
way of looking at things, and they come to us initially with astonishing
discomfort.

We gradually have to conform our
walk and conversation to the precepts
of Jesus Christ as the Holy Spirit
applies them to our circumstances.

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