Overcoming Jealousy: Embracing God's Intentional Plan
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1. "I mean, all the readings throughout the whole year through the liturgical cycle are planned out, and they're tied together, Old Testament to New Testament to Gospel, with great intention to flush out for all of us, you know, the different themes that God has put in front of humanity for thousands of years through the Scriptures. And, you know, last week we had that Gospel passage where Jesus says to his friends, Who do the people say the Son of Man is? And, you know, it's one of those things that, like, everybody does in different respects, to what are people saying about me? What am I out? What's going on? How people see me?" [00:48] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "Christ, immediately after he asked that question, and Peter says, You're the Son of God. You're the Messiah. He professes faith in Jesus. Jesus follows it up with, The Son of Man is going to lay down his life and die. You know, he's going to offer himself. I'm going to offer myself. And he doesn't make it about himself, but laying down his life for the other. Sets up a framework, a model." [01:55] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "And Moses' response is really the response that we are all called to have in whatever situation comes to us in life where jealousy kind of nips at the heart, or comparisons nip at the heart in a way that's not healthy for us. And he's doing what he should be doing. Great. It's good, God, that everybody should be prophesying in the name of God. Would that everybody would receive the same gifts from God to be living a life of holiness, to be speaking truth in God's name, that focusing on jealousy in this particular situation not helpful for the whole of the community." [03:23] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "I think one of the great gifts that the scriptures gives in front of us is always a framework to assess the things that come to us in life. And I guess what Jesus said, who do the people say that the Son of Man is? And they say, you're saying all the John the Baptist, all this. Well, who do you say I am? You're the Christ, Peter says. The Son of Man is going to lay down his life, and this is the framework. It's gift of self for others. It's not necessarily about me, but it's about how I take what I've been given, and who I am, and use it as service for others." [04:38] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "But God's always inviting us that our assessment is really the framework of the commandments. Don't steal, don't cheat, don't lie, put God first, and find a way to worship God, honor the Sabbath day, reflecting on ways of how we lay our lives down for the other. And I think as we see that in light of these great words from Jesus, and there's a little bit of hyperbolic language here, cutting off our eyes and all these kinds of things. And there's all sorts of comparisons, biblically, of the first century world, the things that Jesus could have been talking about, and different things where people were maimed for speaking up for God and referencing God." [05:40] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "The goal is heaven. And no matter what we're bringing, if we're bringing towards that goal, the goal is heaven. And we can say we can focus on something in this world where it's run perfectly and the body's running perfect and all that. But if we don't reach the goal, if we're not reaching the gift of heaven through the framework of the commandments, through the framework of a life well lived, through laying down one's life for others, the power of the eye loses its significance. The power of the foot loses its ability to walk in the gates of heaven. We lose certain things if the focus is in the wrong place." [06:25] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "And so it's this whole process of getting over ourselves and the whole Christian life is really getting over oneself to lay down one's life and to let go of the control, to let go of the jealousy, to let go of the comparisons that are so focused on myself in relationship to any other person around because it can take away our ability truly to speak in his name, lay down our life, and it becomes a focus that prevents us from really following his truth, his way, his love, his kindness, his grace, and his guidance." [08:44] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "And so as we pray this day, whenever the Lord's nipping at us for the things that maybe we're jealous about or the things we're trying to control or the things we're trying to get in a particular way that we want or whatever it might be, that we ask the Lord to just help us, you know, let go and let his commandments of truth that are for our good be the framework that guides us in life and certainly the framework that helps us to give our amen to this Holy Eucharist this day." [10:29] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "Christ, immediately after he asked that question, and Peter says, You're the Son of God. You're the Messiah. He professes faith in Jesus. Jesus follows it up with, The Son of Man is going to lay down his life and die. You know, he's going to offer himself. I'm going to offer myself. And he doesn't make it about himself, but laying down his life for the other. Sets up a framework, a model." [01:55] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "And Moses' response is really the response that we are all called to have in whatever situation comes to us in life where jealousy kind of nips at the heart, or comparisons nip at the heart in a way that's not healthy for us. And he's doing what he should be doing. Great. It's good, God, that everybody should be prophesying in the name of God. Would that everybody would receive the same gifts from God to be living a life of holiness, to be speaking truth in God's name, that focusing on jealousy in this particular situation not helpful for the whole of the community." [03:23] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "I think one of the great gifts that the scriptures gives in front of us is always a framework to assess the things that come to us in life. And I guess what Jesus said, who do the people say that the Son of Man is? And they say, you're saying all the John the Baptist, all this. Well, who do you say I am? You're the Christ, Peter says. The Son of Man is going to lay down his life, and this is the framework. It's gift of self for others. It's not necessarily about me, but it's about how I take what I've been given, and who I am, and use it as service for others." [04:38] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "But God's always inviting us that our assessment is really the framework of the commandments. Don't steal, don't cheat, don't lie, put God first, and find a way to worship God, honor the Sabbath day, reflecting on ways of how we lay our lives down for the other. And I think as we see that in light of these great words from Jesus, and there's a little bit of hyperbolic language here, cutting off our eyes and all these kinds of things. And there's all sorts of comparisons, biblically, of the first century world, the things that Jesus could have been talking about, and different things where people were maimed for speaking up for God and referencing God." [05:40] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "The goal is heaven. And no matter what we're bringing, if we're bringing towards that goal, the goal is heaven. And we can say we can focus on something in this world where it's run perfectly and the body's running perfect and all that. But if we don't reach the goal, if we're not reaching the gift of heaven through the framework of the commandments, through the framework of a life well lived, through laying down one's life for others, the power of the eye loses its significance. The power of the foot loses its ability to walk in the gates of heaven. We lose certain things if the focus is in the wrong place." [06:25] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "And so it's this whole process of getting over ourselves and the whole Christian life is really getting over oneself to lay down one's life and to let go of the control, to let go of the jealousy, to let go of the comparisons that are so focused on myself in relationship to any other person around because it can take away our ability truly to speak in his name, lay down our life, and it becomes a focus that prevents us from really following his truth, his way, his love, his kindness, his grace, and his guidance." [08:44] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "And so as we pray this day, whenever the Lord's nipping at us for the things that maybe we're jealous about or the things we're trying to control or the things we're trying to get in a particular way that we want or whatever it might be, that we ask the Lord to just help us, you know, let go and let his commandments of truth that are for our good be the framework that guides us in life and certainly the framework that helps us to give our amen to this Holy Eucharist this day." [10:29] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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