One Jesus Loved

One young man came to Jesus, so earnest.
“What must I do to inherit eternal life?”

The young man knew the stock answer.
He had done it all.
He knew that it was not enough.

Jesus, looking at him, loved him.
No correction, no rebuke. Just love.
Sell all you have. Then follow.
The young man went away sad.

Had he sold all, and followed, he would have learned:
The question he asked was immaterial.
There was nothing he could do to inherit eternal life.

With man: impossible. With God: all things possible.
Selling his goods could not purchase it.
Following is necessary.
Is all.