I woke up in the middle of the night about two weeks ago and gravitated to the lessons to be learned from the rich young ruler. One point came to me that I had not meditated on very often. In verse 22, Jesus told him to sell his possessions and do something with the money. Which of these was it?
¨ Make a donation to your favorite mission work
¨ Start a school of preaching
¨ Broadcast the gospel to the world
¨ Give it to the poor
Common wisdom among religious people usually marks out the last choice immediately. But that was the only choice Jesus gave him. He did not say why—so that’s where the meditating begins. Maybe it is because such giving is a true example of “no strings attached” giving and frees one to take up the cross and follow Jesus (see Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21).
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