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Impossible Riches

by Roland Crim
05/03/18
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Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” he inquired. Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’” “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?” Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:16-26 NIV

Most of us have riches, though for many, the riches are not materialistically oriented. Do the riches which we have enslave us? Are we so caught up in them that we have limited availability for God to work in and through us?

If you go to God, asking how you can better serve Him, be careful. You may not get the answer you are looking for. If you have any riches which get in the way, He will most assuredly bring this to your attention, asking you to make a choice, Him or the riches. To truly serve God, you must above all, be committed to Him and to His will.

Often, we tend to underestimate what God can do. Don’t we realize, that with God, nothing is impossible. We take matters into our own hands, thinking that God can’t or won’t help us. Poor fools, we are. We miss out on seeing the wonders of what the Lord can do. We are meant to trust in Him. That which we truly need shall be provided for us, if we will just believe.

Give yourself to God and you shall have what man cannot provide, impossible riches.