Do all you can to follow the Savior

As I was reading the scriptures this week I came across a well known story that I have read in my youth. It is the story of a man that had many possessions who came to Jesus to ask how to obtain eternal life. One of the recordings of this instance is found in Matthew chapter 19 verses 16-22 which reads: "16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions." (KLV 1221) When I  read this scripture before I always assumed that the man left sad and didn't follow Jesus Christ, but as I read it this week I noticed that it doesn't mention that he didn't sell his possessions. Just that "he went away sorrowful". Sometimes in our life we know the right thing to do, but we have our "favorite sins" that we don't necessarily want to do any with and we compromise our favorite sin because of all the good that we are doing. We allow our mind to convince ourselves that it's not that bad or that the good we do cancels out the bad. No matter how much good we do there is always something we can do to improve. When the man asked Jesus what he needed to do to gain eternal life Jesus already knew that the man followed the commandments. Jesus knew what the man needed to do, but the man needed to hear that there is always more we can do as we strive to be like Jesus Christ. We may not be perfect, but with the help of Jesus there is always room for improvement.