Luke 6:20-22

 Please, help me Holy Spirit to understand Your will not mine! 

Your ways are so much higher and compassionate than my own and You want no one to perish. Open my eyes to the love that You have in Christ Jesus for all of Your creation.

In Luke, these beatitudes focus on the socioeconomic conditions of first-century Palestine. Blessed are those who mourn over the brokenness of the present world and the suffering it causes. They will experience great joy when God’s kingdom arrives in full, upon Jesus’ second coming. Jesus praises both those who suffer for the sake of doing what is right, and also those who experience persecution because of their allegiance to Jesus Himself. Faithlife Bible.

Identification with Jesus usually leads to rejection and hardship, but the disciple who has left all to follow Jesus understands what placing Jesus first means. He or she also recognizes that God is aware of all suffering. NKJ Bible.

Luke 6:20–22 (NKJV)

²⁰ Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said:

“Blessed are you poor,

For yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹ Blessed are you who hunger now,

For you shall be filled. 

Blessed are you who weep now,

For you shall laugh.

²² Blessed are you when men hate you,

And when they exclude you,

And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,

For the Son of Man’s sake.

Matthew 5:6 (NKJV)

⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

For they shall be filled.

Psalm 126:5 (NKJV)

⁵ Those who sow in tears

Shall reap in joy.

Isaiah 55:1 (NKJV)

55“Ho! Everyone who thirsts,

Come to the waters;

And you who have no money,

Come, buy and eat.

Yes, come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without price.