A CHRISTIAN LOOKS AT MATTHEW’S GOSPEL
Life that is all of a piece
Reading: Look back at the beatitudes
The beatitudes are similar to the fruit of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit puts one fruit into our lives and others should be able to see the individual segments of the fruit by the way we live. In the same way the beatitudes as a whole should be in the believer’s life. We are all to be poor in spirit, to mourn, to be meek, to hunger and thirst after righteousness, to be merciful, pure in heart, peacemakers and when necessary ready to be persecuted.
The beatitudes are not a subjective experience, something we feel, but rather an objective judgement that others make when they see the way we live.
The reward of the beatitudes is all one piece too. We will be aware we belong to the Kingdom of God, we are comforted, we inherit the earth, experience filling, are shown mercy, see God and are called the sons of God.
Meditation: Am I seeking to live out all that the beatitudes demand?
Prayer pointer: Father, help me to show the whole of the fruit of the Spirit and the radical demands of the beatitudes in my life.
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