Sermon - Proper 24, 2024 - Mark 10:23-31
Saint John on Patmos , Limbourg Brothers, 1416 We accept our lot now, and look forward to eternal life in the age to come Wealth doesn’t help us enter into the kingdom of God We may suffer much for the sake of Christ and the Gospel Whether much or little in this life, regardless of the toil and persecution, we enjoy the days given us and anticipate the reward awaiting us The way life often works today is that if you want something you can have it, and it's just a matter of paying the right price. In some ways this feels liberating, because it makes you feel like you can have whatever you want, so long as you can afford it. In other ways it feels very depressing, since it means that if you can’t afford the things you want they remain just out of your reach. But this is not the way that it works with eternal things; it’s not a matter of affording them, instead it’s a matter of humbly receiving them. Regardless of how much or little we have, we are to accept our lot now, and look for