Going All In
Luke 18:18-30
February 18, 2024
Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.
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The sum of our choices tells the story of our life. We certainly face many things beyond our control, but our response to them is inevitably shaped by our path in life to that point.
Jesus asks people to make choices: follow me and I will make you fishers of men, sin no more, do you want to be healed, and in today's passage he asks a rich young person to leave behind the one thing that his heart clings to more than God - his wealth. When people accept the choice Jesus offers their lives are fundamentally changed. They leave the path of their previous life behind to follow Jesus - not as a one-time choice, but as a life of choosing Jesus.
