Mark 10:17–22 (ESV)
The Rich Young Man
17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran
up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit
eternal life?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one
is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do
not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud,
Honor your father and mother.’ ” 20 And he said to him, “Teacher, all
these I have kept from my youth.” 21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him,
and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to
the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great
possessions.
Oh, how we hold on to meaningless things. The man spent his
entire life performing the things he was taught as a child but never allowed
them to be real in his heart. Instead possessions were his god. This is the end
result of our control always when we refuse to let go and allow God to rule. Control
is me telling God I don’t need you in this I got it. Personally, I need God in
everything because I proved I can control nothing.
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