When we were in Switzerland a bunch of years back, we would go down to the train station in the morning, look at the schedule of departures, and decide where we wanted to go to that day. We had come to Europe with a Eurail Pass, which allowed our family to travel about the region with no tickets. We just got on, sat down, and showed our passes to the conductor as he passed through the car. It was a great way to travel and allowed us to make up our itinerary as we went along.
We spent most of our time in Switzerland, in the German speaking area, and the word we heard as we walked through the Bahnhof (train station) was "Achtung, Achtung" Attention, attention, listen up!
That was what came to my mind as I read in The Message, the passage from Matthew 7, which reads:
"Don't look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don't fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention."
It seems like Jesus is saying to those people listening on that hillside in Galilee, "Listen up, this stuff I am talking about is important. Don't look for an easy way to live a life that is pleasing to God, it is a full time job, but it is worth your while."
I look at my life then I read what Jesus had to say, and I hear a voice saying right to me:
Achtung, Achtung
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