Barclay: a good trade

Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Meditation:
    After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
    —Luke 5:27-28 (NIV)
Quotation:
    [Matthew] lost a comfortable job, but he found a destiny. He lost a good income, but he found honor. He lost a comfortable security, but he found an adventure of the like of which he had never dreamed. It may be that if we accept the challenge of Christ, we shall find ourselves poorer in material things. It may be that the worldly ambitions will have to go. But beyond doubt we will find a peace and a joy and a thrill in life that we never knew before. In Jesus Christ a man finds a wealth beyond anything that he may have to abandon for the sake of Christ.
    ... William Barclay (1907-1978), The Gospel of Matthew, v. 1, Westminster John Knox Press, 2001 (revised), p. 383 (see the book)
    See also Luke 5:27-28; Isa. 33:5-6; Matt. 9:9; 19:21; 2 Cor. 4:6-7
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, free me from slavery to possessions. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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