God doesn’t mind us having material things but He doesn’t want those things to have us. Are you living the “Mouse on the wheel” life because you’re hanging on to material things? Consider the following passage of scripture:
Mark 10:17-22
New King James Version (NKJV)
Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler
17 Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”
18 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”[a]
20 And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.”
21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”
22 But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
How many of us would have the same reaction as this Rich young ruler if Jesus told us to do the same thing? Evaluate where you are today. Don’t let material things tie you down to the point where you can’t break free to fulfill destiny! SELAH!
