Week 43
Mark 10:17-27 | The Rich Young Man
What God Is Saying in This Passage:
In verse 22, the man "went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." This man came to Jesus and asked him how to inherit eternal life. He wanted to know what it took. He seemed to know that Jesus would have the answer. And did he ever! In Jesus' answer, he starts by listing the commands that deal with how to relate to others. For those, the man checks off his accomplishments. Got it, he says.
Then Jesus drops the bomb... Relating to God - Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before me." "Go, sell all you have..." He was suddenly caught by his love for his things that separated him from God. Can materialism really separate us from God? Ouch!
How I plan to prayerfully obey what God says:
Father - please protect me from this sort of materialism or from having anything which becomes more important to me than you.