If you read the book of Ecclesiastes, it will tell you to enjoy life. Rather than telling you to accumulate material things so that you can enjoy life, it describes the emptiness of doing this. When Jesus calls on the rich man to give his wealth away, he is not being cruel. By accumulating wealth, the rich man has accumulated fear of losing it. If he found good places to give his wealth to others, he would be poor, but he would be happy. He would only have his needs met, not his wants, but that is all he had before. But now in addition, he has his need for love met as well.
To give your wealth where it is needed and only have what you need, this is not burdensome as long as you have Jesus to enjoy life with.
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