“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks fins; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Jesus, as he begins to conclude His Sermon on the Mount, urges His disciples to a greater communion in prayer with the Father. He radically commends them (us) to committing all of our life, every portion and quadrant of it, to the Father in prayer. He does not proffer this option in order to make more Pharisees; on the contrary. The Radical Jesus pushes us to realize the value and importance of an intimate relationship with the One Who Loves Us.
We find ourselves in the midst of Passion Week this morning, immediately following our recall of the triumphal entry. We discovered the danger in misguided expectations. As the palm leaves waved to cries of “Hosanna”, the people desperately wanted to believe in a restoration of a worldly kingdom with Jesus as their king. He radically wanted people to raise their sights, to see a kingdom of higher principles. He wants the same thing for us today and He wants us to root this higher perspective in a life of dependence and prayer. Read the assurances again…and again.
LOVE | ACCEPT | FORGIVE 