There are innumerable obstacles that we must hurdle as we follow Jesus in this life. Temptations are everywhere. The enemy is militant in his opposition of us. The world system is evil at its core and it seeks to lure us away from faithful pursuit of the best in God’s Kingdom each and every day. In our culture, however, there is one proven idol that shipwrecks many from fully following Jesus as Lord. Among all the idols that seek to draw us from our commitments to Jesus as Lord, there is one that stands taller than them all. The shining, towering idol of the pursuit of riches is the champion of all disciple-destroying efforts of the enemy. Jesus had an encounter with a man who seemed to have everything together. He was moral, spiritually hungry, eager to become a follower of the Master…but he had a stronghold in his soul that Jesus exposed. While wealth is not evil in itself, the pursuit of it is the #1 rival to our faithfulness to Jesus. Find out what Jesus taught others after this rich man walked away from Him. Find out how to topple the tallest idol that is placed in front of you. Find out how to ensure that you are the master of money and that money never becomes the master of you.