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
as kings’ lives are today when compared to their subjects now. That brings a
perspective to what Jesus is saying here.
Many of us have watched a part of the royal
wedding in England or in some other place. The weddings of Charles and Diana of
a generation ago or the wedding of William and Kate in this generation were
more luxurious than any weddings we’ve ever attended. They are the things of dreams.
Little girls will put weddings like those 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 of 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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