Something about a rich man, a camel, and a needle come to mind.
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If you were to travel to a third world country the odds are that you would be the richest man those people have ever seen.
Your material abundance is something they will never see. Would that verse then pertain to you?
Something about ears and not hearing and eyes without seeing comes to mind.
Hosea 4:6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.
Don’t know why but the title of this thread made me think about the young rich man.
The point I was attempting to make is that all of us have our own crosses to bear which include various hardships throughout our existence on this earth. It is through these hardships that we are “polished” to better prepare us for the Kingdom of Heaven.
Throughout my life, I’ve witnessed and read of many instances where the rich man skated through life with “nary a scratch” nor endured what many of the poor endure on a regular basis. Marveled at that for a while until I realized that most of the “young rich men” were very shallow and self-centered. Explains why they are miserable yet have material abundance. The missing component is obviously not being God centered. Hence my young rich man thought.
By the way, my ears do hear and my eyes do see on a daily basis. Something we should all regularly work on honing.