Store Owner

I just had to right about this today. Do you realize that you are the owner of a store and you can put your hands on anything that you need when you need it? This may not be "things" like houses, cars, money, or stuff. We can put our hands on things like peace, purpose, love, kindness, joy, happiness, and compassion when we needed. These things are worth much more than any kind of thing we could buy or have. This is the kingdom of God available to you right here and right now:

"Then you see how every student well-trained in God's kingdom is like the owner of a general store who can put his hands on anything you need, old or new, exactly when you need it."

Matthew 13:52

Jesus tells this to his followers right after many stories about what the kingdom of God is like. If you have time, go and read Matthew 13 and find out what the kingdom of God really looks like. The kingdom of God is something that we do not have to wait on, it is something that we can have right now and is waiting for us. We need to change our inner life, work patiently on our inner life, and match our inner life up to Jesus and his inner life. If we can practice this then we can be a "well trained student" that has all the joy, peace, love and kindness available to us when it is needed by those around us. This is the kingdom of God. It is our responsibility to bring this kingdom to people here and now. Those things are the precious gifts that the kingdom offers to us. The kingdom of God offers us more than treasure or power, it offers us what we all look for - peace, joy, and love.

Be a well trained student of Jesus and his way today and everyday. Be able to be an excellent store owner and manager. Be a store full of love, grace, kindness, and joy so that others can acces the kingdom with you and through you until they become store owners themselves.

Namaste'