“Good Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” Matthew 19:16.
Life is not about "doing," all about "being."
Being so in love that service flows out.
It is not our service that God wants. Our hearts.
Follow fully. The Gospel is the remedy for our sin-sick souls.
G. K. Chesterson once said "We are all seasick together." Just tell me what I have to do to obey you, God, and I'll work out a way to go do it. I'll crawl on glass for you. I'll walk a tightrope. Oh my. We so want the Bible to be a road map to get us there. We silently scream: Give me the plan and we will do it. Along comes a very young wealthy ruler. He kneels and addresses the Son of Man as "Good Teacher," a very respectable title. Jesus' answer jolts me. He didn't rebuke him! My mind goes to raising my children and how way-too-quickly I would rebuke them for what they said wrong, did wrong. Rather than love them by finding out what is really going on in their hearts. The Gospel of Mark says that Jesus looked and loved the Young Fella. Oh for eyes to look and love not rebuke our young people. Jesus looked past his measured dutiful obedience and asked the Young Fella to "let go" of his wealth. Let go of your worldliness. You see, the problem was not owning wealth but the ruler's demanding love of the wealth. What is it that we cannot "let go" of? What does God bring to our minds? We don't have to dig for it. Let's be more concerned about loving well than seeking out sin. Let Him speak to the recesses of our mind, the creases on our face. What must I do? Why do you ask about that?
You and I have need of the strongest spell
that can be found to wake us from
the evil enchantment of worldliness which
has been laid upon us for nearly a hundred years.
C. S. Lewis The Weight of Glory
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