Trusting God With Other People
A small meditation on letting go
Welcome to today’s reflection.
There’s a kind of control that doesn’t look like control at all.
It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t threaten. It often doesn’t even feel unkind.
It can come wrapped up as encouragement. Or concern. Or generosity. It can sound like wisdom, even love.
And yet… if I’m honest, I’ve sometimes offered good things to people not simply because I wanted to bless them, but because I wanted to settle something in myself.
In Matthew 7, Jesus says something that has always felt strange to me:
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.” (Matthew 7:6)
At first glance, it sounds harsh, even dismissive. Why would Jesus tell us to keep something good from others, whoever they are? Aren’t we supposed to share freely?
To understand this, we need to zoom out. These words don’t stand alone. They come as part of a much bigger section of teaching called the Sermon on the Mount, and this sermon isn’t just a random collection of proverbs. There’s a progression, an inner logic, where each part leads to the next.
