Luke
12:13-21 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher,
tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between
you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on
your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of
possessions.”
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
If we only can get this one thing right,and the
whole world stand still to understand this one thing, the greatest wealth we can
experience is not measured by any currency or all the money the whole can put
together but total obedience to God give Him no choice but to bless us. You know
why cause God says so in His word, for obedience we are blessed but for
disobedience we bring a whole lot of curses upon us even Gods fury and swift
punishment.
Let's strive for this one thing to obey God, to reference Him with
exaltation and to fully submit to His power, since He said through His Son heap
not for yourselves treasures on earth where moths will eat it up and rust
destroy it, or thieves steal it rather heap for yourselves treasures in heaven
where they will not be destroyed stolen or demolished. Though the fig tree
doesn't bear fruit and the vine produce grapes I will still rejoice in the Lord.
Let our lives not be defined by the fine things in life for they fade away and
loose their worth rather let us be defined by the measure of Christ likeness we
possess.
Still Hungry?
Matthew 6v19-34,1Timothy 6v3-11
No comments:
Post a Comment