In order to follow Jesus you must be pure in heart, sell all your goods, give to the poor and needy. Jesus knew that the rich man was not ready to give up his possession yet he told him to sell all his possesions and follow Him. That was a way to prove to the rich man that he was not ready to follow Jesus, even though his heart was willing, his flesh was weak, keeping his  possessions meant more to him than following Jesus, so he walked away sad.

If we want to follow Jesus we must be willing to give up all worldly and material things.

The master agreed to pay each worker the same didn't matter what time he hired them, and so he did that. The same way God treats all of us the same when we become children of God, whether it take us a year or ten years.

God does not want us to stand idle and watch the other person, He reaches out to each one of us and guides us in the right direction, all we have to do is answer His call, reach for Him also.

Psalm 18:16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me.