Mark 10:17-31 -- How willing are you to give up everything? Your home, your job, the life you've built for yourself. Jesus typically doesn't ask us to give up those things but He does ask us to be willing to give them up. Here the rich ruler wants to experience all the goodness that God has to offer but is unwilling to give up his earthly possessions in order to have that. How many times has God told you to let go and you've continued to hold on? For those of us that are unwilling to let go; we too one day will walk away saddened as He turns to us and says; "Depart from me, for I never knew you" - Matthew 7:23
Friends, this world with all of its trinkets and flashy objects hold nothing of Kingdom value for any of us. Jesus makes it very clear that we will be all the more blessed and rewarded because we let go of the things of this world. Don't look at your neighbor, your co-worker, or even your friend thinking that have so much more than me -- know that because you follow Jesus and are willing to give up everything for Him -- you have much more than they. Nothing wrong with being last; because in eternity, all of that will be corrected. God bless you as you seek Him today.