He Still Hadn’t Found What He Was Looking For

December 5, 2019

He Still Hadn’t Found What He Was Looking For

“I’ve obeyed all these commandments,” the young man replied. “What else must I do?”

Matthew 19:20

Matthew’s Gospel doesn’t give us many details about this young man. All we know is that he was searching for eternal life, and was acutely aware that even though he had kept all the commandments of God, he still hadn’t found what he was looking for. He asked Jesus what he had to do to have eternal life. Jesus said keep the commandments. He asked which ones. Jesus told him. He said he had done that, “What else must I do?” The man revealed he lacked the greatest gift from God: assurance.

There are several places in scripture where we get a glimpse of assurance. A few of my favorites are:

“There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:42)

“Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.” (John 6:68-69)

“I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” (Philippians 3:8)

“. . . you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. . .” (Romans 8:15-17)

Have you found what (who) you are looking for?

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

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