"Someone came to Jesus with this question: 'Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?'
'Why ask me about what is good?' Jesus replied. 'There is only One who is good. … If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'
But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, for he had many possessions."
Jesus focuses on the rich man's use of "good" to get him to focus on God's character. This man wanted to know what he had to do to have eternal life. Jesus goes over the commandments but then gets to the true issue: where the man's heart was. It was with his riches. Jesus tried to turn the rich man's focus to God instead. Only as we trust in God's goodness can we let go of the worldly things in which we trust instead of God. How like the rich man are you?
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