What You Love : The Possessions We Own - Mark 10:17-31

We are blessed to own many good things. We have many possessions that we love and cherish and that bring us comfort and joy. Many of these things actually can help us benefit others. Yet, we often value these things more than we should. We are drawn into a consumerism mindset, where we overvalue the stuff we have, we are consumed by it, and we want the next best thing. As a result, our lives revolve around our stuff and how to get more of it, rather than using it to benefit others. Jesus gives us the most important thing we could ever own: the gift of following him. Jesus does not love things, but loves us, and wants us to love him by obeying him and caring for those around us. It's not that we need to get rid of all our stuff, but that we prioritize and value the gift of faith and following Jesus, over the stuff that we own and/or want. We no longer exist to own things, but we live for Jesus and with his promise of life with him forever. We keep our love of stuff in it's place, remembering that Jesus loves us, he calls us to use our stuff to follow him and love others, and he done the impossible, and saved us.