Matthew 5:11
“Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous–with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account.” (Amplified Bible)
When I was a boy I recall memorizing the “Beatitudes” found in Matthew 5:1-12. Over the years I read them or recited them, but one day I heard a teaching that this was Jesus teaching about our “attitudes” and they were what we should “be.”
It was not until I read this passage in the Amplified Bible that I gained new insight. The Amplified Bible gives new meaning by adding “- – – regardless of your outward conditions.”
Wow! That must have had a tremendous impact on those who were gathered there on a hillside to hear Jesus. I am sure that most of them were experiencing trials and tribulations far beyond anything we have ever faced. Now Jesus teaches that they were blessed no matter what circumstances arise.
What Jesus taught on that Galilean hillside so long ago still apply for us in our day and age. We are blessed by God’s great grace at all times and in every storm that may blow into our life. We need to be people of praise that thank Him for all things and then seek to discover what He wants to teach us by the circumstance.
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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