Angela Thomas quote
"Picture in your mind the scene of starving people in a Third World country. Children are dying with swollen bellies from malnutrition. Disease is rampant. Day after day, the only task the only important thing, is finding something to eat or drink...One day the trucks from a relief organization arrive with fresh water and bags of grain. How do the people respond? Do they stand politely in line with their cup for water and their bucket for grain...No way. these people are desperate. They are starving. They are hopeless without the supplies. And so they charge the grain truck. They climb over one another to get to the food that will save them. No one who is starving is polite and orderly...
Real poverty is not polite. It is determined to get the object of its need by whatever means necessary. When there is real poverty, there is desperation, and we cry out to be fed or we will surely die.
God says that's what it means to be poor in spirit. So desperate that we charge the grain truck. So hungry for Him that we'll do anything to get to Him. God says that He approves of those who have that kind of desperation. He gives to them the kingdom of heaven, the fullness of his riches, the peace of His presence, and a hope for the future.
And so how do we get to God? Jesus says charge the grain truck. Take an honest look at your starving belly and realize that you can not feed yourself. Do not stand politely in line and wait for some grain to fall to the ground. Use every means necessary to go after the only thing that will save you. Let the pain of your hunger and the truth of your circumstances force you to climb over every obstacle that stands between you and the grain that awaits you in God. "
posted by the princess @ 1/26/2005 06:44:00 PM
2 Comments:
That's an interesting perspective . It's good to be reminded to be passionate about faith .
Yes, I hope so.
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