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“Blessed are the poor, for theirs shall be the Kingdom of God.”
What Jesus is implying is that the more satiated we become—the more filled with stuff, money, status, privilege, and self-importance—the less prepared we are to engage with the Kingdom of God.
The poor are in a great place to seek the Kingdom, for there is little to distract them.
[photo via deviant art]

“Blessed are the poor, for theirs shall be the Kingdom of God.”

What Jesus is implying is that the more satiated we become—the more filled with stuff, money, status, privilege, and self-importance—the less prepared we are to engage with the Kingdom of God.

The poor are in a great place to seek the Kingdom, for there is little to distract them.

[photo via deviant art]