Good Morning Friends,
“Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.’” (Luke 10:23-24)
I was thinking about the kings that Jesus mentions in these verses. Their lives were not as luxurious as the lives of kings today, but they were as luxurious when compared to the lives of their subjects then as kings’ lives are today when compared to their subjects now. That brings a perspective to what Jesus is saying here.
Many of us watched a part of the royal wedding that took place in England a few months ago. It was more luxurious than any wedding we’ve ever attended. It was the thing of dreams. Little girls will put that wedding in their minds as the ultimate in wedding fantasies. Kings can do that; they can afford weddings that are luxurious beyond measure.
Kings can stay in the finest hotels. Eat in the most expensive restaurants. Play the most exclusive of golf courses. Live in palaces. Vacation in the most beautiful places. They can do the most amazing things.
The lives kings are the lives of dreams and fantasies. They are successful on an earthly level beyond what most of us can even imagine. That’s true today and that was true in Jesus’ day, too.
So listen to Jesus with that in mind: “For I tell you that many kings wanted to see what you see and did not, and to hear what you hear but did not.”
Jesus is talking about what the apostles saw and heard – and about what you and I have witnessed as followers of Jesus Christ. In Jesus, we have what kings dream of!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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