Josh Huff - March 31, 2019
Blessed, pt. 7
God wants us to have right motives and right actions. His call is for us to be peacemakers. This is more than the absence of conflict--it is wholeness of life. What we receive is what we have to offer. We are blessed when we help others experience true wholeness (Shalom). We are doing the work of God.
Scripture References: Matthew 5:1-12, John 14:27, Isaiah 26:3, Numbers 6:24-26
From Series: "Blessed"
The Beatitudes express God's desire for his people. God wants to bless us, but the pathway to this blessing seems upside down from our perspective. It's not God that's upside down--it's us. And the Beatitudes reorient us toward Kingdom life. What does it mean to be blessed? We often associate blessing with wealth, health, friends, family, accomplishment, etc. But Jesus turns the idea of blessing upside down. We are blessed when we are poor in spirit, when we mourn, etc. In other words, blessing is found as we submit ourselves to the rule and reign of God.
