LUKEWARM PEOPLE will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.
"'All these [commandments] I have kept since I was a boy,' he said. When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 'You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.' When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth. Jesus looked at him and said, 'How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.'"
As I am pondering the words of Jesus here the first thing that pops to mind is the good ole USA! Compared to the rest of the world we are extremely wealthy. Jesus bluntly tells us here is is very hard for the rich to enter heaven because our riches get in the way. Look at the shape we are in morally in America right now. One of the main reasons we are in the shape we are is our money, our energy, and our time is not being spent on the ways of God but on the ways of man and man's own desires. I must admit this morning when I look at this verse I am not where I need to be. I am not totally 100% sold out to God. Are you? If Jesus came and told you to sell everything and follow Him would you? How about if he said just do something on a smaller scale like get rid of that hobby and serve Me or spend that vacation money you have saved up on a mission trip to serve Me could you and would you do it???
This is one of those lessons we can spend some time in prayer with God and ask Him to help us be totally sold out for Him and then be faithful and serve Him
God bless and tell someone about Jesus today!
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