As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.’” He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.” Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
He was seeking eternal life
an escape from his daily strife.
He’d been good as good can be
but he didn’t feel very free.
Jesus looked at him with great love.
The kind that comes from God above
and gave to him a suggestion
but we walked away with a question.
Possessions had control of him
filling his heart up to the brim.
He couldn’t let go and wouldn’t try
to give God the proper reply.
We may not have a lot of things
like money and fancy rings
but we may have other treasures
that give us worthless pleasures.
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