Rising to a new level – Part 2

Rising to a new level – Part 2

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross." But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions. Mark 10:21,22

The youth above had taken a strong decision to come to Jesus. When he introduced himself to Jesus, how he has earned riches in his life at his young life and how he had kept what his religion demanded, yet he was not satisfied internally. He was lonely even with all the riches. He was dissatisfied even with all the riches. He had bought the best pleasures and had entertained him with whatever money could buy and now he had come to Jesus to ask for a solution. He had realised that he was still empty and he had reached a point of saturation. If you feel you are in the similar situation and find yourself stuckup and not moving ahead, whether you have everything or you have nothing then there is something that is required of you. Even if you don't have anything and suddenly you have everything yet it can't satisfy. People go for parties and are addicted to drugs and alcohol, yet when they return to their senses they find themselves dissatisfied. They find themselves even more worse than before. They find that when they were high it was only momentarily yet it has brought no change in their life or in their situation. The truth is that nothing of this world will ever satisfy you.

You are a spirit being living in the flesh. If you need something to satisfy you, then you need to feed your spirit. God is Spirit and your spirit can be satisfied with Godly things and not religion. Religion doesn't have anything to feed your spirit. Religion has only to do with what you have to follow. Religion will tell you all the do's and dont's but it will not help you internally. Religion can't help your dissatisfaction, your loneliness, your depression, your poor health, your bad circumstances, but God can surely help you. It is God, Who does miracles. It is God Who changes our circumstances. It is God Who does the impossible. Obedience will help you to rise up in life. To rise up it requires you to get rid of things of old. The things that your forefathers did and set before you might not be right, you have to search it out for yourself. You don't continue to go to the doctors whom your forefathers visited, because you trust in the more equipped doctors who can help you in all health problems. In this case you searched out the truth, then why not search out the truth which will help you. Get out of your comfort zone. Get of the old lies and move ahead to search it out for yourself and get to know God. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha