One of the saddest passages in all literature is the story of the Rich Young Man who missed one of the great opportunities of history, and … went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions (Matthew 19:23).
This is really the story of mankind in general. We reject the salvation that Jesus offers us—our chance of finding God—because we “have great possessions”; not so much that we are very rich in terms of money, for indeed most people are not, but because we have great possession in the way of preconceived ideas—confidence in our own judgment, and in the ideas with which we happen to be familiar. We have pride, born of academic distinction; sentimental or material attachment to institutions and organization; habits of life that we have no desire to renounce; concern for human respect; or perhaps fear of public ridicule. And these possession keep us chained to the rock of suffering that is our exile from God.
The poor in spirit suffer from none of these embarrassments, either because they never had them, or because they have risen above them on the tide of spiritual understanding.
© 1931 by Emmet Fox
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