We all need Jesus

 

Text: Luke 18:22 (KJV)

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

No man is complete because there is always something missing in our lives at every stage of our endevours. We still have an aspect of us that needs help, this is because we are not perfect, but we can tend towards perfection through Jesus. We just need to accept His help to answer every question in view. In our text of today, we can see that the rich man had everything, but a time came when he realized that there was an empty space like a vacuum in his life, so he went to the Good Master for help. Psalms 23:1- The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. It is in God's supply that all our needs are satisfied. There is one key we can apply to experience fullness of joy and fulfillment. Beloved, what God is demanding from us might be to involve Jesus sacrificially; all we need to do is to have absolute obedience to His word. 

nterestingly, Matthew 6:19- Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. There are things we keep ourselves very busy with but we do we still experience emptiness? For the rich man, he was terribly sad because the instruction given was not what he expected, so he missed a great opportunity. Ask yourself, what is that one need that can handle every other issues of concern?  Beloved, we all need Jesus in a different dimension daily. But for the rich man, he held unto his riches and the wealth which he had gotten from the world, and he missed this one thing, so do not hold unto those things that will take you away from God so tight because you will eventually have difficulty letting it go to serve the Master. Instead, live a life so free that as God gives you instructions, you will be able to obey completely without holding anything back. What we overlook might be the key to our turnaround, so be very alert! The rich man was so attached to his materialistic things, he even kept the most difficult laws, but he could not imagine himself selling all his goods to the poor which was his instruction to solve his emptiness. Once that is done, it makes it easy for us to offer everything back to Him, because in the end, he will supply again, even more, that you gave to Him. I pray that God will help us not to be attached to worldly things to the point of not letting go easily to receive and involve Jesus in Jesus name.

PRAYER POINTS:

1.Father, please show me the area where I need to surrender as to walk with you for new experience, in Jesus name.

2.Oh God, build in us a new capacity to absolutely obey and not be sorrowful or sad when given a new key, in Jesus name.

ACTION QUOTE: Remember to involve Jesus in that need willingly, as to settle every other issue.