Kingdom of Security

Summary

The world offers us many good things, but these things can easily become our greatest burden. Jesus warns against placing too much value on the things of this world as He points out numerous different ways that they can become a trap to us. First, he warns that earthly things change our heart; we think that we can control them, but they end up controlling us. Second, they pull us away from God, by continually forcing us to pick a side. Third, they cause us to become anxious, constantly worrying about them. We live in a time where people are frantic and stressed. We are all busy trying to get, keep, and maintain. There is a constant air of worry and fear of loss. We need something to free us from the rat race that most of us seem to be losing. Jesus tells us that we need to reorient our drive. We need to be ambitious toward Him and the rest will work itself out. This solution ties back to the Beatitudes, as we are called not to spend all of our time focused on the situation, but on He who is eternal.

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