Considering the fact that we live in the richest and most materialistic society in the history of the world, I don’t suspect that this passage gives us much comfort. It is tough enough to get thread through a needle, let alone a camel! Once again Jesus is using hyperbole to dramatically emphasize how important it is for us not to allow our lives to be controlled by wealth.
What we must take away from this passage is that we cannot allow wealth or the pursuit of wealth to stand in between us and God. While we must be wise in what God has entrusted us with, money must not become an idol. One of the easiest ways to tell whether it is an idol or not is to continually give it away. If we cannot bring ourselves to tithe and to look around and to bless those who are in need, then wealth has certainly become an idol.
Jesus concludes this passage by reassuring the disciples that anything that we give away in this age will not go unnoticed in the age to come. Remember, we are not called to live for the here and now. We are called to live sacrificially for the joy that God has set before us.
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