And if I, the individual, was called to take care of the individual ? Two or three days after Annabelle's remark, I read the verse where the rich young man leaves Jesus sad.
"When he heard this saying, the young man went away very sad, for he had great goods" (Matthew 19:22).
And boom, a revelation arises from my heart ! I had read this text so many times ! And the gospels too, and for the first time I realized something was that Jesus had not let the young man go all sad, alone. He had accompanied him ! ! What is the revelation ? For the first time, at the age of 33, I realized that Jesus prayed for individuals in his times of communion with the Father. Suddenly, I realized that Jesus had not let this young man leave as if he had no value for him, but that same evening, he prayed for him ! I realized that in fact Jesus had prayed for Nicodemus, he had prayed for this specialist of the law in Mark 12:28, for the sisters of Lazarus and Lazarus himself, for his family, for this man who had been possessed many demons, for this woman who had bleeding for 12 years... and the list would be long ! He prayed that they might discover the truth, he prayed that the veil fell from their eyes, he prayed that they become one in him. This is why the fruit of Peter's preaching was so great. Jesus had prayed for these people. He had born them in prayer. He had raised the alarm clock in his secret place.
No, Jesus did not let this young man leave without a solution, but he had accompanied him with his prayers. Not a religious prayer, but he had installed this young man in his heart and he had not forgotten it until the time of the cross when he shouted : "Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they do" (Luke 23:34). Jesus had clung to him.
Jeremy Sourdril