A ruler questioned Him, saying,
“Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why
do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the
commandments, ‘Do
not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor
your father and mother.’” And he said, “All these things I have
kept from my youth.” When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all that you
possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow Me.” But when he had heard these things, he
became very sad, for he was extremely rich. And Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to
enter the kingdom
of God kingdom of God
This message you have heard for years, but
there are haunting parts of this message that I want to you to take in. First, the young man calls Jesus “good.” Jesus rebukes him saying why does he call Him
good when God along is good. How many
times do we label something “good.” A
good laugh or a good piece of pie. How
careless we are with our words when it is our words are what we are judged
by. Don’t call anything good that is
not. Second, Jesus explains that money
is our ruin. Just think how all of us
Christians pursue money. How much better
our testimony would be if we were different from the world in this respect. If
we really trust God, money will not rank very high in our priorities. The message then is trust God, be careful
with our words, and do not chase what the world seems to think they need. Amen.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, change our soul so that our body
obeys the soul of the redeemed. Let our
attitudes express our wholehearted trust in the One who rules the universe. In Jesus name I pray Amen.
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