After reading this the last part really stood out to me, “what this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.” What do we hold tightly in our life that we think we can’t do without? If we have things like that we should think about why it is so important to us. We should love God above all else and hold all the worldly things loosely realizing that they really don’t matter.
In verse 9 Jesus says, “Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.”
Jesus had nothing and never wanted, He was focused on the Father and helping people see the light. Where is our focus? If it is not on God and living your life as Christ did you should re-think what you are doing. Open God’s word and study all that it says, asking God to show you what to do. We need to live our lives in a way that resembles the perfect example, Jesus. This can’t be done without an understanding of how He loved. Embrace the gift of eternal life that was given so freely to us and have peace on earth because we are like Christ. Remember Jesus’ prayer said thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen