Little flock

Some of the tenderest words in the gospels. Little flock: small, vulnerable, easily scattered. He does not deny this. He answers it with the character of God: it is the Father's good pleasure to give, not to withhold until you have earned it. It pleases God to give you the kingdom.

Most fear rests on a hidden picture of a reluctant universe: a God who must be persuaded, a world that must be wrestled. Christ consciousness is, at bottom, the end of that picture. The giving is already underway. Your fasting and praying do not purchase it. They open your hands.