The Light Daily Devotional – Sell Whatever You Have

Focus: Sell Whatever You Have 

The word for today

A man who truly has a strong desire to please the Lord in his pilgrimage must come to the level of self-denial in various aspects of life. You cannot serve the Lord effectively if a greater part of your life is attached to materialism (vanities of life)!

Scriptural Reference

“Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “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.” (Mark 10:21 NKJV)

I heard of a man who finds it very difficult to sleep due to the fact that some of his trucks are yet to arrive even when several others are already parked. He was unable to sleep because a certain percentage of his life is not with him. Jesus said; you cannot keep your heart away from where your treasure is. 

The Lord does not want us to place our hearts on ephemeral things of this life. Therefore, He frowns at accumulating material possessions because the more things you gather the more attached your life will be to them and the less your consecration will be to God.  

Hence, Jesus told the young rich man to detach himself from his riches by giving them out to the poor. The Lord is also speaking to you; that you must not be too attached to this life as your fleeting years go by. Only what you can save as treasure in heaven is what is truly your own. It will be increasingly difficult to please God as you should until you give yourself away to God and detach yourself from lying vanities.

Meditation: How attached are you to the vanities of this life?

Dear Lord, I receive the grace to give up everything hindering me from doing your will and fulfilling my mandate In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Emphasis: The more attached we are to laying vanities the more difficult it will be to take the cross and follow Jesus.

Have a Gracious Week Ahead!