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lemonrock 68M
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8/19/2007 8:56 pm

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8/19/2007 8:57 pm
The Rich Young Man... reflect
Matthew 19:16-22... The Rich Young Man... Reflect…

In today’s gospel reading presents a young man who is prevented from following Jesus because of his excessive attachment to money. Perhaps nowadays, a rough equivalent of that young man is the person whose career has become an idol. Author Doug Sherman and William Hendricks explain how this can come about in their book Keeping Your Ethical Edge Sharp:
“When you think of an idol,” they write, “you probably think of a native in a foreign land bowing before a statue. But sociologists define an idol as anything that (1) defines a person’s worth, (2) is the controlling center of a person’s life, and (3) is the last in a series of priorities to be abandoned. The career is sacred today: This is true even for many who claim that their real god is God. For many Christians, Jesus Christ is simply the caboose on a train driven by career success. He is certainly in their life, but not the controlling center of it” (p. 13).
For some other people, their idol will not be their career but something else. It doesn’t really matter what it is. As long as something prevents us from following Jesus with our whole heart and soul, it is an idol and it must be ruthlessly discarded. Christ must be the center of our lives. If he is not that presently, let us ask him to shake us out of our idolatry–by any means he judges necessary. He alone must be our God. Nothing else will ever satisfy our hearts.


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