Enough

I just returned from my Thanksgiving Eve service. I am ever thankful for the vocation I am blessed to be in!

The text that I preached on was from Matthew. Jesus is in the middle of his sermon on the mount. He is the new Moses and has given a new Decalogue, but then he says something amazing. He says don't worry about what you will eat or drink or wear, Seek first the kingdom of God. Jesus can say this because he is living in the here and now kingdom where he and his followers are sharing and living and loving. Those in his movement don't need to worry about food because they share. Those in his movement don't need to worry about clothing because they share. Those in his movement don't need to worry, period.

We claim to be in his movement today and yet we worry. We worry because even though we claim to be followers of Jesus, we don't live in the kingdom he started. We live in the world, but we could live in the kingdom. We could live in the kingdom that is hear and also in the future by saying enough!

We in the USA have enough, and yet others don't. We in the USA spend $1.14 trillion a year on war and military endeavors and yet 20,000 people will die today from hunger related diseases. I think that is enough! We in the USA have clothes to spare, and yet some in the world don't have shoes to keep the diseases from their feet. I say that is Enough!

What would happen if we all said ENOUGH?