Each day we must weigh our actions and priorities in light of their impact on our relationship with God and our communion with him. We should ask ourselves, “Is all we value worth the peace and joy that comes with obeying God’s will in our lives”? Which of our our possessions or habits separate us from God? Are they so important that we would sacrifice our greatest treasure for them? When viewed in this light, the answer seems obvious and and the path is clear. Joy is the reward that God offers in lieu of our human possessions.
Divesting the baggage,
Z Gardener
Great Possessions
This is really the story of mankind in general. We reject the salvation that Jesus offers us—our chance of finding God—because we “have great possessions,”; not so much that we are very rich in terms of money, for indeed most people are not, but because we have great possessions in the way of preconceived ideas—confidence in our own judgment, and in the ideas with which we happen to be familiar. We have pride, born of academic distinction; sentimental or material attachment to institutions and organizations; habits of life that we have no desire to renounce; concern for human respect; or perhaps fear of public ridicule. And these possessions keep us chained to the rock of suffering that is our exile from God. One of the saddest passages in all literature is the story of the Rich Young Man who missed one of the great opportunities of history, and
…he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions (Matthew 19:22).
…he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions (Matthew 19:22).
Good Morning Garden 
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