MARK 4:23-25
‘Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’ And he said to them, ‘Pay attention to what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. For to those who have, more will be given; and from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.’
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Listen! Pay attention - these are the words I want you to hear today. Listen and hear not just with your ears but with your whole being. Be attentive to the signs and wonders around you and you will know what I desire you to see, know, hear, and experience, you will live and act as I desire but only if you have understood what I am saying to you. You have received grace in abundance. You are given grace sufficient for the day and you have gifts and talents according to your capacity and the ability given to you by the Father through the Holy Spirit. You can either squander these gifts and graces by doing nothing or you can increase and multiply them by using them generously for good. Only in the spiritual realm is this true - the more you give the more you receive. The more you hold on selfishly, or lazily because you are afraid that you will lose the little you have or because you are too lazy to make an effort to live the life of the Gospel, you will lose even the little you have and become impoverished. The contradiction of the spiritual life turns everything the world stands for on its head. In the Way of Life, to be poor is to be rich, to be weak is to be strong, to lose is to find, to lay down your life for the sake of the Gospel is to receive life in abundance and have it forever. If you wish to receive in abundance and live an abundant life of grace, joy, peace, goodness, truth, and beauty then you must pick up your cross daily and follow Me all the way to Golgotha. There can be no resurrection without first experiencing crucifixion and death. The way to life is to death to self.
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