“The RoseBouquet”

This passage says a man came up to Jesus and asked a sincere question, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”

Jesus focused on the word ‘good.’ Why ask Him about what is good, when there is only One - meaning God - who is good. (Yes, Jesus is good too, for He is the Son of - meaning, same as – God)..

Then Jesus answered the man’s question. “If you wish to enter life, obey the commandments.”

“Which ones?” asked this man.

Jesus named the six that are about our relationship to people.

The young man had kept all those. What else?

“If you want to be perfect,” Jesus answered, “Sell all your stuff and give the profits away to the poor. Then come follow Me.”

The thought of giving up all his stuff, made the rich young man very sad. He couldn’t even imagine doing that! Slowly he turned away and left.

Why was that one thing so hard? I suppose if he had to go give a speech in public, or build a memorial, he could have handled that and the attending recognition. But to give it all up, and to people who were not used to fine clothes and possessions? No. He’d rather keep it and forfeit the eternal life.

Do we prefer our possessions to the alternative of giving them up so we can have a real, lasting forever with Jesus? Do we stop to consider that these possessions cannot come with us past this short life here on earth? We will only have them a very short time here in this life, and then we will be removed from them into eternity.

PRAYER: Deliver me from this kind of short-sightedness! Help me to let go of the temporal things that are going to disappear soon! I want to give them away - and choose eternal life with You!

+++++Jesus is my King+++++Jesus is my King+++++

Blessings on you Today!
Ruth Marlene Friesen

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