Luke 6:19 says "and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all". This phrase struck me because today, like then, people are trying to touch Jesus. Really, they are trying to "tap" him for something - a healing, a blessing, a job, etc. Few want him for himself but rather for what he can do or give. It's the consumer in us coming out in our faith. Even in our faith we try to find contentment through acquisition.
Jesus goes on to say it is not those who acquire that are blessed but just the opposite. It is the poor, hungry, sad, hated, insulted and rejected who are blessed. How few of us are willing to accept this truth. We'd rather have men speak well of us and accept us and be blessed by men rather than by God. God's blessing is not what we hope for.
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