In following and serving Christ, paradoxes are a common part of the process. For instance, the world tells us to be the best, go for the most, and get all that we can out of it. There are a lot of people on that path. Solomon, the wisest and richest man in the world, had it all. Yet, at the end of his life, he wrote Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. He started that book which was a summary of his life by stating that everything was vain and empty. He had everything and felt that life was missing something. Matthew 5:3 says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” You want it all? You have to do it God’s way. The Lord made that emphasis in the Sermon on the Mount.