Mark 10:20-22 ” ‘Teacher,’ he declared, ‘all these I have kept since I was a boy.’ Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ He said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.’ At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.”

Jesus had answered the rich young man’s question, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”  But when the young man arrogantly stated he had kept all the 10 Commandments from childhood…Jesus stared directly at him.  Now Jesus could have called him out on it.  He could have run down a list of 100 times this young man had failed…but He didn’t.  Rather, Jesus looked into the young man’s eyes and saw his potential.  So He gave him an invitation, but within that invitation was also a hard decision.  A decision the young man sadly was not willing to make.  We all have an Achilles heel…a area of our lives we hold on to, stubbornly clinging to, unwilling to trust it completely to the Lord.  But it’s not until we surrender all aspects of our life to Jesus that we can fully follow Him.  Jesus told the rich young man,  “Trust in Me.” …and He’s asking that of you today.

Author: kezha1

A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ. View all posts by kezha1