Have you ever had a conversation with someone only to realize they weren’t really listening? Maybe it was the way they responded or a question they asked, but whatever the case, they heard you speaking, but they were not listening. Maybe you just want to say: Did you hear a word I said? I wonder if Jesus felt the same way, after teaching on the weighty matters of the eternal consequences of a right or wrong confession and the unforgivable sin, only to be met with some man in the crowd blurting out, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me” (Luke 12:13). Did he even hear a word Jesus said?
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The Thief of Contentment
As we learn this, we can look at all that is our neighbor’s and be content with, what our catechism calls, “a right and charitable frame of spirit” (WSC Q. 80). We can be genuinely happy for our neighbor’s sake, because we trust the providence of God. And we can be content with our own lot, knowing “we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out…” (1 Tim. 6:7).
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