God desires to do something never done before. Why is that? Because there has never been another you, so God's miracles in your life will be new!
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Christmas is all about Jesus. Had He never come to earth and lived, then we would have no reason to celebrate Christmas, because there would be no Christ.
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This week, we will depart from our Beatitudes study and focus on Christmas. Our focal text today inspired da Vinci's famous painting, the "Annunciation".
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Jesus' Beatitudes were not spoken to make us happy. He spoke these words so we could know Him, be holy, live victoriously, and be blessed.
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A kingdom person has a consuming ambition, not for power or pleasure, not for possessions or praise, but for righteousness.
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To be right with God and our fellow man is as satisfying and fulfilling as food is to a starving man or water is to one who is dying of thirst.
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The word translated "thirst' is dipsao, which means to painfully feel and eagerly long for those things which refresh the soul.
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This week, we will study the 4th Beatitude, Matthew 5:6, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled."
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Leaning into Jesus makes one humble, meek, settled, and peaceful. Leaning away from Jesus makes one strong willed, selfish, and restless.
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The meek will inherit the earth, not the elite, powerful, and strong. The meek are truly blessed. Does meekness characterize your nature?
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Throughout the Bible, you read of those who were meek: Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Ruth, and Jeremiah had strength under control and were blessed by God.
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When we are poor in spirit and have mourned over our sin, we will become meek, not haughty or self-demanding, but selfless and sacrificial.
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Let me encourage you who are reading this devotional today to see your sin as God sees it. Lay aside your blame game and your stubborn pride.
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Genuine sorrow produces repentance. There is an initial mourning over sin in salvation and a continual mourning over sin in sanctification.
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Are you a mourner? Are you addressing the sin issue, or are you sweeping it under the rug of your life, only to deal with it in an ungodly manner?
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God is so kind to heal our hurting and mourning hearts when we reach out to Him. He has the power to turn our graves into gardens.
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Mourning is a good thing. We can and should mourn over sins we commit, sins committed against us, and the pain of others.
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The only way you and I can become poor in spirit is to have the Holy Spirit living within us!
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Jesus says clearly that the reward of the poor in spirit is two-fold: they are blessed, and they are part of the kingdom of heaven.
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Who are the poor in spirit? It is not by accident that this is the first of the Beatitudes. This one sets the foundation for all the others.
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