The Chosen Sacrifices

Faith means abandoning all trust in our resources, skills and reasoning. What we see and completely depend on is what we cannot see, fully believing in the promises and provisions of God. But that faith is only present, when action is taken, and this faith evident through the obedience to God. It's our way of looking at God that will determine the nature of our faith. If we see a great, faithful and almighty God, our faith will rise to that level, on the other hand, if we see lesser, distant, inactive God, our faith is confined to this level.
When Jesus told the rich young man what was needed to inherit eternal life and if he wanted to be perfect said: "Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." But since he owned many properties, he went away sad. Our faith is not demonstrated by words, instead by attitudes. The young man said he kept the commandments, but when Jesus asked him for "action" he could not hear the voice of his own faith and do what Jesus asked him. When God asks, he knows exactly what he’s doing, for he is truly perfect, and would never do something that will harm us, because God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? (Numbers 23:19)
When God speaks, the voice of our faith also speaks, so why not obey? The rich young man failed to receive great blessings, because he didn’t hear God's voice when he asked, and he even lost the opportunity to follow Jesus, because he was called by Him, but was not chosen since he didn’t have the courage to sacrifice, instead he followed his own interests.
When we hear the voice of faith and take action, God sees, hears and comes into our lives, changing everything and making each one of us real winners.

"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life." (Matthew 19:29)