Where is God?

Job 23:1-17 Mark 10: 17-31

Sell all you have and give to the poor – there’s a challenge. And we could consider that this morning.
What did Jesus mean? How does that apply to us? The teaching that wealth places a barrier between us and God, and that we would do well to get rid of as many of our material goods as possible?

In our OT reading there is another rich man, at least a man who started out rich – Job he had livestock, a large family, wealth, riches. Now he didn’t give away his wealth, he had it taken away from him.

One man had a choice and one man wasn’t given a choice.

Consider the Lilies of the Field

Family service 

Reading Matthew 6:25-34

 

(Lift heavy rucksack filled with large stones onto the table –  if children present ask for help with it)

We’ve had one of the most famous readings from the gospel this morning. Consider the lilies of the field…

Let’s just think about the crowd that Jesus was talking to. Do you think life for them was easier or more difficult than life for us today? 

Most of them were extremely poor and they would probably remain poor until they died,  many of them were lame or sick.