October 11
Mark 10:27b
[Jesus said] “for God all things are possible.”
We can all be challenged by trying to live the deep realitiesof our faith commitment each day. Like the man who asks
Jesus how to inherit eternal life, we too want to know how
to be in God’s favour. Yet, like him, we can turn away when
we are challenged to give away those things we value. The
things we are asked to give up differ greatly from the days
of the disciples, but God’s call is still the same: we need to
be willing to let go of all that gets in the way, that we can
truly be followers of Jesus.
■■ How would you respond if Jesus told you to “divest
yourself of overabundance”?
