Success on earth does not correlate to success in heaven. It seems kind of obvious, but it is easy to overlook in our wealthy society. We forget how wealthy we are in America until we step outside of our country and see the rest of the world. And until we see that, we forget just how preoccupied we really are with our material possessions.
This is not just about being wealthy in terms of having cash. It's about having too many things that distract from the Christian walk. It's so easy to have a job, a spouse, a kid, a car, a house, a hobby, or even money become more important in your life than Christ that it makes it almost too easy to believe that the things give us time to spend with God rather than that God gives us time with the things.
How many of us would say that we could spend more time volunteering at church if we had a better job? Or we could donate more money to this or that cause if we had more money? Or we could assist more people in need if our kids were a little older?
That's backward. It's not that God doesn't want us to have money or kids or jobs, it's just that He doesn't want us to focus on them first. When you get to the place that you realize that spending more time with God will enhance your relationship with your kids, with others, with your job, etc., then you have started to find the thing that Jesus was describing to the rich man.
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