LACKING ONLY ONE THING

Today's reading: Mark 9-10

"Jesus felt genuine love for this man as he looked at him, You lack only one thing, he told him..." Mark 10:21 NLT

The young man Jesus spoke to that day in Mark 10 had wealth and power--the Scripture refers to him, in my Bible, as the rich young ruler.

He had knowledge--he had heard about Jesus and chose to seek him out.

He had his health--or he wouldn't have ran up to Jesus that particular day.

He lacked only one thing--Jesus.

Do you know people like that?

They have the world in their pockets, they have positions of power, they have knowledge that could fill books, they have their wealth and they have their health.

But do they have Jesus?

Do they have Him as Master and Lord of their lives?

Do they know Him as Friend?

Are they recipients of His gift of salvation?

Today my heart is led to pray for the friends and loved ones of mine who seemingly have it all--yet lack one thing, one very important thing--knowing my Jesus.