"Why do you call me good?"

(Excerpt from Luke Chapter 18, English Standard Version. By the way, the bible was originally written in Hebrew and Greek, and has now been translated into nearly every language, even languages only spoken by a few hundred people now, thanks to the work of diligent linguists who want to share the good news.)

LUKE 18:18-30
And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’” And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.” When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.” And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

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Jesus,
You were not just a good man. You are the Boss. The King. You're the Master. You own it all. Everything we have is from you, even life itself. We have a hard time remembering this. We think we earn what we have and we are so worried about how to get more and keep more secure. We want to feel secure and we want our families to be secure. Please help us to learn what this means, that it all belongs to you, and that we really do find deep, lasting security in you. That you are the one we can trust and offer everything to. It is safe to give ourselves to you. You will not use us or dominate us. You're the servant king who gave yourself for us completely on the cross.