Everything!!

The beatitudes. One of the most challenging parts in all the Bible. How exactly are we supposed to live up to the standard of being poor in spirit, mournful of evil, humble in spirit, thirsting of justice, merciful, pure, peaceful, of light and of salt, and neither angry nor lustful in even our thoughts?

It's funny that I would never think to look for an answer guide to this passage. With all these commands, a map almost, you would never think to search for where Jesus is really trying to bring us. It's hard to focus on fourteen thousand things of God when your mortgage is due, you can't find the time to go grocery shopping (so you eat out all the time and spend more money), or you're too busy to pray over small and large things for yourself let alone others.

Jesus clearly gives us the directions, but the destination seems almost hidden. Anyone searching at the end for the answer clearly has read too many math books. He almost hides it in the middle of his sermon. Most people would say the golden rule is the destination "Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you (Matt 7:12). I would disagree.

There's a common saying among Christian women. "A woman's heart should be so lost in God that a man needs to seek Him in order to find her." Anyone who actually takes this to heart is understanding a fundamental that many, myself included, have missed. Matthew 6:33: Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

As a very wise friend of mine once said, "If you don't have it, then you don't need it yet." All you need is the fervent desire to search for the things of God. Everything is second place.