"Happy, the persecuted - persecuted because they do what's right - the kingdom of the heavens is theirs," Matthew 5:10.
Want the sky kingdom? Do righteousness. Do good. Be a do-gooder. Wait! nobody likes a do-gooder. Do-gooders when somebody's looking, but mostly they're no-gooders. But let's not kid ourselves. Jesus' people do righteousness. Jesus people have the right stuff. The people who belong to Jesus do like Jesus. Jesus' people are Jesus people. And like Jesus they get persecuted, prosecuted, hounded, chased down, hunted, driven out, un--popular--ized. Doesn't sound like fun at all. But Jesus says, Blessed. Happy. Why!? because the sky kingdom is theirs. Eyes on the prize. Not on popular--ity. Eyes up.
We do right today in being blessed by being with the righteous, un--popular--ized, brother or sister. And we remember, we are the unpopular one that the brother or sister gets to hang out with ... Right-doers, un--popular--ized, together. Thank you, Lord.
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