"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5: 3)"
Blessings brothers of @Steemchurch we are beginning our analysis of the Beatitudes in the order that was said by Jesus, for me the first of them is one of the most important, since from there, they feed and All the other Beatitudes are linked to this !!
It is not chance, but divine purpose, that God has placed in the heart of a man like @SirKnight this name for what will be a blessing for multitudes like the (SMT), without a doubt the names mark the destiny of the things, and in this case in particular Beatitude = happiness.
If he was chosen for this task, when I think of the first beatitude, I can not help but imagine that this is one of the characteristics of @Sirknight, "Poor in spirit"; otherwise, he would not have been able to see what God had sown in his heart.
The Beatitudes represent the character of a Christian, and represent unnatural spiritual characteristics. In all this time we have seen what is in the heart of @SirKnight has been an example for us of what a person who is poor in spirit can do:
- Being poor in spirit refers to the humble heart that has been touched by God.
- Recognize publicly when you have made a mistake.
- Has a good internal attitude of the heart in relation to God and his neighbor accordingly.
- He has received the word of God and put it to work.
- He loves God and knows that with him he can do everything.
Most people and perhaps Christians have not meditated from the heart what this bliss means, and it is one of the things that we as imitators of Christ should practice, I am not telling you with this, that we can not make mistakes, make mistakes, I am simply saying that the poor in spirit are those who are capable of recognizing that without God, we are nothing.
When I was meditating how to write this message and apply it to the world today, God immediately made me think of a man who has put the best of his effort to bless the lives of many, who is passionate about Kingdom things, who dreams of make many people happy, this message, which is the first of the Beatitudes, I dedicate to you @SirKnight: for being as you are, a man according to the heart of God, and sure of every day, he will add what is needed so that fulfill that purpose for which you are here. The Beatitudes will be like a ladder in your life, Beatitudes (happiness) will follow you every day and you will be fortunate, because God has placed you in front of a people, so that you build lives, your greatest reward It will not be material but spiritual, just as there are people who will pass and will not have any effect, there are men and women with multiplying effects of what you have sown in them, which will be translated into love for you, genuine love, love that until now you begin to feel, love of the spiritual children that God has placed in your life.
Thank you because through you, we have seen the greatest example of the character of a Christian, thank you for letting us see that man "poor in spirit" of whom the Lord speaks.
A person who prefers sensitivity and feelings before vain things, which do not edify, so a poor person in spirit, someone who adopts aptitude and willingness to exercise a certain function without the "I" interposes.
A person poor in spirit is the person who is clothed with humility, disinterested, generous ... is a very detached person, does not mind sharing everything for nothing and meets the characteristics of the other Beatitudes. Unlike Luke, Matthew specifies that poverty is of spirit, and that even being rich in possessions, one can be poor in spirit.
In the same way there are many poor people who have been financially and lack spiritual poverty, because the poor in spirit is a virtue that has been given by God, someone who has recognized his spiritual misery, has been deprived of all pride and has come to be full of God's spirit.
The book of Isaiah 66: 2 "My hand was all these things, and all these things were, says the Lord, but I will look to him who is poor and humble in spirit, and who trembles at my word.
Promise of blessing for the poor in spirit: my eyes will be upon you.
The book of Revelation 2: 9 tells us: "I know your works, and your tribulation, and your poverty of spirit (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who claim to be Jews, and they are not, but synagogue of satan
Certainly the poor in spirit has nothing to do with poverty or material wealth, in this it is clearly understood that the message that Jesus Christ gives to the church in Smyrna, tells them that because they are poor in spirit, they are rich.
The poor in spirit are not people who boast of false poverty, nor humility, they are people who demonstrate their aptitude through the work that Jesus Christ has done in his life.
Starting today, you can get a message of each Bliss on the page:
https://www.steemchurch.net/steemchurch-venezuela.html#, and in the following days we will post our messages as follows:
1.-You can see the referential message of the day on the website.
2.-Download or copy the video from the page or youtube.
3.-Each publication must have the title Day: title of bliss.
4.-You can share the way to apply that bliss in the present, its meaning. or simply a testimony of life.
With love,