God’s Good
Pleasure
“Do not fear, little flock, for it is
your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.” Lk. 12:32
It was like
a perfect storm of events that came crashing into a life. It was a season of death, loss, illness,
financial concerns, and grief. When one
wave finally subsided, another one would come.
We found ourselves at hospitals, funeral homes and cemeteries. We grieved with those who were grieving…and
yet God was with us.
In this
marvelous passage of Luke, which closely connects with Matthew’s, Jesus is
telling the disciples to not worry. Life
is short, God is in charge and why worry about things we have no control
over? Instead, says our Lord, seek after
God’s Kingdom first and foremost. The
other things you put aside will be given to you like a bonus.
Luke’s
gospel records the next verse: ” do not fear, little flock, for it is your
Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.” We are very much a flock in need of
shepherding and Jesus provides that as our ultimate Good Shepherd. Since we have Him in our lives caring for us,
we actually can surrender the anxieties and worries, giving them to the
Lord. What we receive instead is what we
are hopefully focusing on – the Kingdom of God.
The Kingdom is the rule and reign of God in our lives, in our homes, and
in our circumstances.
In that
season of the perfect storm of events, we could weather it, because we kept our
eyes on the Kingdom.. God lived up to His promise – He provided the Kingdom to
us: the Kingdom of peace, of joy and of righteousness. We were able to love and to listen, all
because of what God had given us. It was
His good pleasure to do so.
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