Would You?

Mark 10

23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!” 24 This amazed them. But Jesus said again, “Dear children, it is very hard to enter the Kingdom of God. 25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

26 The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked.

27 Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.”

I’ve been reading the David Platt book, “Radical” lately, and he deals with this passage in a way that is guaranteed to make an American Christian squirm. I may not totally agree with Platt in his treatment of this passage, but I agree with more than I disagree with him in this area. We live in the richest nation in history, and even the poor among us in America are rich compared with people all around the world. What if Jesus called ME to give up all my physical possessions to follow Him? Would I do it? I want to say that I would. I use the possessions at my disposal to advance the Kingdom of Christ to the best of my ability, and I believe that it all belongs to Him anyway. I pray that if it gets to the point where Jesus asks me to give it all away, I would do so gladly. I do not type those words lightly or flippantly, but with fear and reverence.