What are you willing to give up?

Mat 19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me."

Mat 19:22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was very rich.

I know that if someone were to come up to me and ask, "What are you willing to give up for the Lord?" I would answer EVERYTHING with the quickness. But, am I really? I mean, when you think of everything you tend to think of all the excess that you have. But there is so much that we think we need...are we willing to give up the things that we think we need? What is a necessity and what is a want? What is our desire and what is God's desire for us? These are questions that we should really think about every single day. We are living in a land of plenty! Even if you are sitting back thinking right now, "Dang, I am straight up broke and I don't even have something to give up!" Well, I would say you must have something to give up since you have the time and ability to be reading this post. I don't think we have to give up every little luxury in our life to be a Christian but we need to be willing to. The second you put something above God you are committing idolatry! That is a fact. Even the good things God blesses you will can become idols if you let them. Do you have idols in your life? Ask God to reveal to you anything that you have put above Him.

Be blessed!
~Dawn~