January 26, 2020

January 26
Running with Jesus

Luke 6:20 "And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God."

     Jesus came down from the mountain from praying. He found His disciple and a multitude of all kinds of diseases and people with unclean spirits that needed healing. (Pausing here to interject a thought; no one talks about people with unclean spirits today. We have them all around us!) Jesus looking at the crowd began to teach them the first

Beatitude of how we start running with Jesus. "Blessed is the poor" seems to contradict itself. Blessed means happy, so how can a poor man be happy? From the spiritual side Christ was showing that a person poor in the Spirit would come to knowledge of salvation. Then He added for yours is the Kingdom of God! This is when we realize we cannot save ourselves and are aware of our sinfulness and need the Savior! It is the first step in the life of a Believer. God extends His hand down to help the helpless. Oh that is where man is in a spiritual state of poverty. Have you realized you were poor in spirit and in need this morning? Are you helpless? Then you are in a place to be blessed. God is there reaching His hand out to you He is drawing you into His kingdom. He desires you to get in the race of life with Him. Believers don't live in this world and its system. We live in God's kingdom and His thoughts and ways are high above ours! Cry out to Him this morning He loves you and will not leave us alone. He is doing a new kingdom work. Sometimes it works through us to bring Him honor and glory!

Father, we are so needy. Thank You for coming to us and thank You for being a part of Your eternal kingdom. Help those who have not realized they are poor in Spirit come to understand that is where we find You! We love You and rely on Your strength for this new day as we keep running toward the prize!

Come let's get some food for our hunger, meet you in the morning.

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015