Wanted to share...

I was reading/having a devotion yesterday morning and I came across something that Beth Moore said that I thought was so profound...

So I read Luke 4:14-21 (you can read it too if you want) It basically describes all the different calls to Jesus' ministry...to preach good news to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the prisoners, sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, and to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

So then the author breaks it down and discusses each of those "calls". She writes this about preaching to the poor.

1) "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor" (Luke 4:18). Christ didn't mean the financially destitute. The Greek word for "poor" is ptochos, indicating "utter helplessness, complete destitution, afflicted, distressed." I think God is far too faithful to let anyone make it through life without confronting seasons of utter helplessness. Sooner or later, any healthy individual discovers that autonomy doesn't cut it. Like beggars we go from person to person with our empty cup, crying, "Can't you add anything to my life?" They might throw in a coin or two. But when we shake the cup, the tinny echo reminds us how empty we remain. (this next line is what really got me...) UNTIL WE ALLOW JESUS TO FILL OUR CUPS DAILY, WE SIMPLY SUBSIST. Sooner or later, God will make sure we confront the poverty of living on the alms of others so that we may learn to FEAST ON HIM!

As silly as this may be I have never considered myself poor. Everytime I have ever read about "the poor" in the bible I have thought of other people, the "poor" people, not myself. Isn't that weird? But when you look at the true definition of poor it isn't monetary. And in that case, yes, I am going through a season of my life where I am "poor". I don't know why because everything around me is SO good. My family, my girls, my house, my car, my job....it is all fantastic, but there is something in my life that is destitute. So I guess this is where I need to allow Jesus to fill my cup daily and feast on Him.

I am doing A TON better than I was 2 months ago! Praise God! But, I feel like it is something I am climbing out of, so I will continue to seek Him!

I hope everyone has a blessed day!