More Blessings

In the last post we saw a beginning to understanding the blessing from God.  We need to be poor in Spirit.  We need to be in that place where we are left to beg.  What are we begging for, God's mercy.  We come to the place where we know we cannot obtain merit with God through religious acts or good works.

Jesus starts out these verses with this condition.  In order to obtain salvation.  In order to obtain the blessing of the kingdom of God we must come to the realization that we are without merit. We need to trust in Jesus.

Luke 6:20 “ Blessed are you poor,
For yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who hunger now,
For you shall be filled.
Blessed are you who weep now,
For you shall laugh.

After we trust in Jesus, after we obtain the blessing of the kingdom of God only then do the next verses make sense.  Again if we look at the same verse in Matthew we see a hunger for righteousness.  As we come to Jesus that hunger will be filled.  Our hunger for righteousness is realized through Jesus.  It is not from this world.  It must be pretty obvious to anyone reading this blog that there isn't righteousness and fairness in this world.  As our culture turns away from Jesus we see an increase in violence, broken homes, selfishness, corrupt politicians and a lack of justice.    

As we come to Jesus  our weeping will turn to laughter.  We will not just stop weeping.  We will laugh.  Its possible that some in the crowd that came to hear Jesus were even weeping as he spoke.  They were desperate, depressed and in need of comfort and encouragement.  Jesus speaks to their hearts and says your weeping can be over, you can know the joy of a relationship with me.  You can laugh again.