@povawiqe
"Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me." Mark 10:21
That man lacked one thing, but are we all lacking the same thing or are there differences between different persons? What he lacked was an open door to his own heart for God to enter in... He blocked the way with his own love of his material possessions. Certainly as Paul writes here regarding the love of money...
"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." I Tim 6:10
But he writes the "love" of money, not the "possession" of money is that root. This speaks of putting worldly possession first rather not having any worldly things. If it were possession and we were all obedient always to God then none of us would be here regularly for lack of computer access. Who owns our computer or if we must pay to access it, where did we get the money? Did we cast in a line and pull out a fish and open him up to find a coin? Not possession, but love of money or mammon or material things is the root of all evil. Some of us may indeed have the problem of the man in Mark 10:21, but I doubt that all of us are in that exact same place.
All we really need to do is follow what Jesus tells us here:
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt 6:33
As we are seeking those things, the Holy Spirit indeed may tell us to get rid of this or of that possession, but we should wait on the Lord for such an instruction before deciding that it is THE necessary thing for us to do.
Give God the glory!