Have you ever been to something -- or even looked at your life --and thought, "Really? Is this it?" Today we looked at the story of a young man who had everything -- he was rich, powerful, moral, respected, and probably well-liked, but he couldn't help but realize that something was not quite complete in his life. The story of the rich young man that Jesus told to sell all his possessions is one of the more controversial stories in the Bible for several reasons, many of which come from our discomfort with the command that Jesus gave this young man to guide him to eternal life. Do we really have the courage, when faced with this "holy discontent" with our lives, to fall on our knees before Jesus and ask, "What must I do?"... and then obey?
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