Today's passage encourages us toward honesty and contentment. Removing falsehood and lying is a worthwhile desire: when Proverbs 6.16-19 gave us a list of seven things God hates, two of them dealt with dishonesty.
It is easy to feel secure because of what we have. But even with the things we have there is an uncertainty. As such, Paul urges us to place our hope in God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
Jesus, foreknowing what is going to take place, chooses to give his disciples a glimpse at what is going to unfold - the brutal crucifixion. Yet, the disciples don’t understand.
This is a classic passage that we have heard often over and over again about how we should include children in worship, but what is Jesus really saying about the kingdom of Heaven that we must be like a child?