went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.
Reflections
“If you wish to be perfect.”In the gospel episode Jesus outlined once again what it means to follow him. Further more, he made clear what it means, in the radical sense of the word, to be a Christian. It is straightforward that doing the commandments and loving one’s neighbor as oneself do not yet constitute genuine dis cipleship. The following of Jesus also entails ridding one’s self of anything that might be taken as providing false sense of security and anything we might take for ourselves to provide stability. Here, Jesus is asking that he be comes our security, the only one we depend on, and the source of stability in life. This means Jesus takes on the first place, before anything else, or the center, around which everything else revolves. Noticeably, see mingly secure state(s) obtained from things we have/possess is shaky. These things appear de pendable and, at times, present themselves as attractive and full of stability. However, the real measure of security and stability is found only in a deep sense of peace and joy that comes from a personal relationship with Jesus.
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