If you've ever heard (or thought) "God is lucky to have me" -- that's the attitude that Jesus wants to squelch with this parable. Rather, just be humbly awed at the incredible gifts God has given you; don't covet more. [Note: salvation is an infinite gift. Anything else pales in comparison. Remember that.] Don't be envious of another person's blessings. Instead, be thankful that God is so generous with all of us and choose to be generous with your blessings with others.

There's nothing inherently wrong with being wealthy (but more on this below); what matters is what you do with your wealth. The way I've heard this explained is that Jesus is going to find that thing in your life that is more important to you than Him, and He will ask you to give it up. For this young man, it was his wealth.

In other words, our command is to make disciples [of Jesus]. To do that, we go to the people, we baptize them, and we teach them what Jesus commanded.