“To Profit From Prophets - A” (Matt.5:5-9;) [Spanish Jerusalem Bible Series - Matt 10 sub-series]

To profit from prophets, you will need to go down deep…
A Prophet’s words will hit you hard if your need he will meet;
These folks went out to consult John, but thought it was a tweak
They needed to fix up their lives, to obligations keep.

But John knew well the blockages to change at any depth;
These Pharisees and Sadducees were likely folks he’d met;
He knew reform was on their minds (move Temple to the street),
But John had spent his desert years at tougher mentors’ feet.

He’d done all that, found surface-change was insufficient here –
Some mentor whom he’d contacted had made this truth, quite clear;
He’d carried out the words he’d shared; knew well the cost of faith;
His message, now? Have done with that, and deeper changes make.

Acudia, the Spanish word for “Going to get some help”
In form, of what would profit one, if after wealth,
In any form – word-meanings gained from dictionary, or
Consulting some guru you knew who’d help you know the score.

So what John said to them that day, makes perfect sense to me,
For I’m like that when change is hard, truth I don’t want to see –
“If you don’t want a deeper change, you’re wasting both our times;
So take a hike, come back again, once you have changed your mind.

John added, “Show some fruit of change, fruit worthy of the name;
Not words alone ’bout wonder-kin, while staying just the same;
We’ve got the same ancestors, bub, though groups we’re also in,
Quite different are, but just the same, we’re all engaged in sin.

That’s singular – rebellion – from our God, who central is
To all mankind, the universe, and helps us in our biz;
So if you’d profit from my words, make haste and change your ways;
Dig down inside your paltry lives, let Spirit in who saves.

The Kingdom of our God is near – to climb on Kingdom-layer;
Pin of the pinwheel’s quiet place, you can mature up there;
Good news for you guys, as for me, we all could use a break,
So climb aboard my brothers, then deep changes, God can make.

Thanks Lord for this.

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