It is easy to look at the one or two areas of my life that I have some small amount of control over and be proud of that. But even those areas fall way short. Andbthat doesn’t even take into consideration the areas where my life is a total wreck.
The rich young ruler comes to mind. Many people take this passage to mean we should give away our money. No. It shows that he had his stuff in order. Except for one small thing.. His false god was his $$$.
Exactly the same here.