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It doesn't make sense that the people would come back with more than they left with. Trips always cost something -- they cost money and time and energy. They often fill up some reservoir, be it emotional or spiritual, but there is always a cost.
But when we come to Jesus, things work differently. When we come to Jesus, no matter how empty we are when we come, we leave with more than we brought. When we come to Jesus, we are hungry, then we are satisfied, and there is abundance left over. It doesn't make sense to the scarcity mindset we so often bring to the world, but Jesus doesn't come to us the way the world comes. Jesus comes to give, to share, to relieve our burdens and show us another path.
Life in Jesus is fundamentally different than life without Jesus. It's not just regular life turned up another degree. It's a completely different way to see and experience the world. Until we grasp that, really grasp that, then we'll have a hard time understanding the call of Christ in our life. Jesus didn't come to take our regular life and make it a little bit better -- he came to transform us.
So we come hungry, and we are satisfied.
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