Well, today the blog post itself was about 'the rich man' and how we are all 'rich' really, we have everything we need, and more in many cases - not everyone in the world has that. We need to remember that it is difficult for us to enter the kingdom of God when we value this too highly...
Some really interesting comments:
Posted by Kim
I think its also about using what we have for God. So it’s like God says “give me all your riches – car, house, money, job etc. but then he says here you can keep them, but as long as you use them to further my kingdom and use them for my glory. So if someone needs food – we use “God’s money” to buy it for them, if someone needs a ride we used “God’s car” to give them a lift, if someone needs a place to stay we use “God’s house” to help them out etc. In that way they are ours no longer and we don’t hold onto them like our precious pocessions or ‘idols’ – they are God’s.
Posted by Sarah
I love how Jesus doesn’t just tell the rich man to follow the 10 commandments, he shows him how. When I was reading what Jesus said today, I was thinking ‘hold on a minute, that’s only 7 commandments he’s mentioned there’. But then I realised the 3 he left out are summed up in what he asks the man to do.
We are not to take the Lord’s name in vain- I normally just think of that as swearing, but maybe it’s also a heart thing: this man believed he was holy and righteous in front of God, when actually he was pretty far from it- and needed a little more respect.
We are not to covet our neighbours’… [fill in the gap here] and most of all we are not to have any other gods than God. I don’t see any way the rich man could act out these two commandments better than by giving all he had to the poor and following Jesus.
Talk about a challenge!
And one about Job - posted by Tim
Job is a tricky book to read, but in this morning’s reading there was one of my favourite verses in the book. Job is struggling with his pain and suffering, his friends don’t understand him and are giving him a hard time, Job feels that God doesn’t understand him either. Then in Job 9:33, he says this “If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both.” In a dispute an arbitrator understands both parties and will do his best to bring them together. Job longs for such a person who will understand him and who understands God, and can bring both together. He was longing for JESUS! In a life that sometimes is confusing and we feel people, and even God, don’t understand us, Jesus came into our world, he understands us and now is the perfect go-between!
A verse I liked: Job 9:10
'He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted'
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