Getting free
One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. — Mark
“Downsizing,” she said, “is about pinching, restricting, and cutting back while keeping yesterday’s dreams alive; divesting is about freedom, expansion, …and dreaming new [dreams].”
Instead of searching for meaning in possessions, we are called to find life and freedom in Jesus. To a religious young man whose possessions gripped him, Christ said: “‘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.’ But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions” (Mark 10:21-22).
It’s hard to imagine Jesus needing a storage unit for His extra stuff. If anything I own keeps me from obeying Him wholeheartedly, am I ready to open my hand, release it, and freely follow Him? — David McCasland
No longer do I ask for things,
For Christ is my desire;
He walks with me and talks with me;
He is my satisfier. — Bang
READ: Mark
A faith that costs nothing and demands nothing is worth nothing.
• Esther 9-10
• Acts 7:1-21
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