Twisted Texts
My Mind Twisted a Text Recently, it is Matthew 11:6. It actually says: “And blessed is the one who is not offended by Me.” I’m pretty sure it means what it says. But my mind (or the Holy Spirit in my mind) turned it around and I think even though this text doesn’t say this a Christian can live in the truth and freedom of this text when it is twisted. This is what this text sounds like twisted: “Because of Me, you don’t need to be offended.” Often as we live together in community, someone does or says something that offends us, there is a criticism that hurts our feelings, or our ego, and we are “offended.” Something is said that causes us to feel defensive or attacked. Or not said that causes us to feel slighted unappreciated and those “offended” feelings cause us to begin to defend our edges, our territory; what belongs to us or who we are. But because God defines who we are, because everything belongs to Him we are able to live in the freedom of not having to defend ourselves. Because of Him we don’t need to feel “offended” by others. That is true freedom and that freedom happens as God transforms our life over time and our ego’s die. The death of our ego allows us to experience peace, joy and real freedom right now – that sounds like “Kingdom living” to me.
