The biggest mistake people make is to believe that this is all there is.

We sense that there's more, but we get caught up in the whirlwind around us - waking up too early, working too late - walking around with headphones on - obsessively busy - needing to be constantly occupied, And we let our fears dictate our faith.

It's not like that 'other world' is hiding - it's just that it can be so hard to see.

Because when we look for it we can get tricked into thinking it's only perceptible with our eyes, ears, nose, and fingers - forgetting that the spiritual life, by very definition, involves Spirit - and the existence we have beyond all this stuff that Jesus talked about.

And boy did he talk about it.

The sermon on the Mount is his first and most famous teaching that outlines what that place looks like and the kind of people who feel comfortable there.

For example, are you mourning, distressed, anxious, and fearful? Then this place is for you, because this is where you'll be comforted.

Are you meek, in other words, are you humble, considerate of others, selfless, and work to put others first? Then this is a place for you. God's kingdom is what you inherit, because that is what goes on there.

Blessed are the peacemakers, are you working to fix things, bring opposing sides together, not to divide, and separate, but to mend what's broken?  This is what is practiced in God's kingdom!

And there are a list of these in the sermon of the Mount, but you get it, if life's biggest mistake is not taking seriously our essence, which is spiritual, and all that that entails, then the good news is that mistakes can be forgiven and corrected!

Eyes can be opened, the blind can see!

The message of the Gospel is live into your spiritual nature, let that peace and confidence radiate, we are blessed, as we live into who we are and that Kingdom to which we belong.