Jesustruth on life in the here and the now ...

"there's life out there!"
in them thar stars ..
the numbers are too big
probabilities too high
to simply diss' the thought
....... ... ..
i don't care ...
that there could be life out there

i don't care

there's life here
in my face
and as a wise man once said
don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself
   each day has enough trouble of its own
tweakin' that a bit
i'm thinking that i need to be paying most attention
to what's here
and what's now
rather than postulating on the scientifics and mathematics
of life out there in the vastness and wonder of God's creative activity ...
where i have no say
   can't help
   can do nothin' ...

in the famously popular discourse of Jesus
   his 'sermon on the mount' (Matthew 5 ff)
he said some things
things we've become so familiar with
we tend to writeoff
   as 'nice'
   as utopian ...
   as if he was telling a bedtime story
      before he fed them and put them to bed ...
Jesus is anything but a joker
   anything but a player ...

Jesus was dead serious ...
and the issue is trusting Godfather
   with my life ...

selah ..~

there we find the 'beatitudes'
and the saltiness and lightness his followers are to be to the world

there we find the "you have heard it said" 's
   and the fact that murder and adultery are heart issues
eyeforeye and toothfortooth
   and the Messiahness of
      turning the other cheek
      giving up your coat as well as your shirt
      going the extra mile ....... .. . ... .
giving giving giving
spending my life ...

there we find the massively disconcerting statement
   love your enemy ...
      your enemy mind you
   For if you love those who love you what reward will you have?
   And if you greet only your brothers 
      what are you doing out of the ordinary?
   But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
      so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. 
   For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, 
      and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 
huh ?
note the underlined words
words Jesus himself spoke

these things we like to write off
sideline
pass off
rationalize ...
" you obviously can't take that literally .. "

tell that to Jesus when you see him ..

and then there are his comments about blowingyourowntrumpet
posturing for people to see how holy i am
making sure people see that i gave
   or how much i gave
   instead of keeping it private between me and Godfather
making a big show of praying to impress
   instead of talking to Godfather privately
   from my heart

and it'e there we find the famously fictionalized pieinthesky comments
   of Messiah Jesus about worry ...
where i started this blogpost ...

Jesus didn't mention losing it all to Madoff or a Ponzi scheme
he went to the lifebasics
   food
   drink
   clothing
   liferspan
and he beautifully placed trust in God in it's context
   context of Godfather's care for the birds
   of his adorning the wild lillies
      so they surpass Solomon's glory
   of lengthofdays
      tell me.. can you by worrying
         add a single hour to your lifespan ? ?

it's all about trust and faith in Godfather

if i can't trust him with my life
what good is he ? ? ?
better
   what good is my faith ?
   just a lotta 'longtalk'
   posturing
   pretense

God is creator
is he not sustainer too ? ? (Hebrews 1:3)
does he or does he not give life
   sustain life
   at the baselevel of my needs

mine
is to trust
mine is to faith
mine is to lay my life in the powerful caring hands of Creator God
my father
master of the universe
master
of
me  ?  ?

implicitly
vulnerably
all-out-ly
all-of-me-ly
unhesitatingly
without fear ...
all of me laid out naked and exposed before him
   in absolute trust
      with everything i am
      with my life

all else is fail
anything else is fail
huge fail ...

therefore
therefore ...
first
   seek the kingdom of God
      and his righteousness
   and all these things will be provided for me ...

thing is
do i believe that
as in faith it
as in trust him who said it
as in trust him of whom it was said

do i ? ? ?

or do i pull a fallback ...
on my job
career
investments
gifts/contributions
home equity
retirement package
social security
inheritance

is it God i trust ?
or my security
my ability
my business acumen
my empire

selah ..~

LordFather
help me
i believe
help me in my unbelief
to take the things Jesus said to heart
to trust you implicitly
   absolutely
   vulnerably
so that the truth of Jesus may light my soul
   energize my lifeblood
   play out in me
so that others may see the truth of Jesus
   in me
and others be truthed too
   by Jesus
for your glory

shalom