Today’s Thought “Go West Young Man…” G. Ward

Matthew 19

¹⁷ And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

The young man our Lord would encounter, desired to know Holy God on his own terms, versus the Almighty’s will. This dialogue was difficult only because this rich young ruler arrived resistant to hearing anything outside his demand and when our Lord would challenge his reliance on all he owned, insisting he sell it all and follow HIM, the boy ran (cf. 1 Ti.6:10).

We should glean from this, an inability to co-exist with Holy God’s goodness via a minute-to-minute pursuit in how HE correlated in the world’s evil influence and follow HIS example. This won’t mean rid oneself of materials, but unfold an interrogation in what’s most important; considerate in soulful re-adjustment that won’t allow materialisms’ comparison with our greatest desire of perfect reconciliation to the Father through Christ; knowing our time as short to prove such remains (*1 Peter 1:24-25).