55 years ago, I was sitting in a seminary commencement service like this one,

ready to get my degree.

And one of my professors was speaking, giving the address,

and the title of his message was, Remember the Rich Young Man.

And to help us remember,

he gave each of us a $1 bill,

all the graduates.

And I don't recall whether it was his suggestion or not, but when I went home, I said to Noel something like,

I want to look at this for the rest of my life.

So she decupaged it.

That's the dollar bill that I received 55 years ago.

And it says, remember the rich young man.

And this has been in my study for 55 years.

And I've seen it almost every day.

That message, that dollar bill, and those words, remember the rich young man, have really served me well. They really have. And so that's

what I want to do for you. I, every day, more or less, would look up or I'd see it walking out because for the last 40 years, it's been on the door mantle into my study at home.

And as I walked under it, the Lord would say, more or less, John, it is hard for a rich young man, for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God.

Don't want to be rich, John Piper. Don't want to be rich. Don't want to be rich, John Piper.

Don't want to be rich.

A man's life does not consist in the abundance

of his possessions.

Make your life count.

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