The call of Jesus in Matthew is a hard call unless we start to think of the world in the way Jesus seemed to think of it. The economics of Jesus were the economics of abundance not scarcity. To give someone your cloak was for Jesus an act of giving out of abundance. For him, everything belonged to God. Life and all the earth were gifts to be shared not once but over and over. The culture in which we live is one where we too often we are frightened that what we have will be taken away.

What if we were to give as Jesus gave? We give because God gives. It’s as simple, as radical, as life-changing and as world-altering as that!

How would our faith communities be transformed if we decided to live in Jesus’ economy, to give and share out of the abundance of God’s goodness, secure in the certainty that God has provided enough for all?