“A rich man's farm produced a big crop, and he said to himself, "What can I do? I don't have a place large enough to store everything." Later, he said, "Now I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I can store all my grain and other goods. Then I'll say to myself, `You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.' " But God said to him, "You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up? This is what happens to people who store up everything for themselves, but are poor in the sight of God.” [Luke 12:16-21]
“You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”
The parable of the rich fool illustrates the fact that possession are not the principal thing in life. Because of an exceptionally good crop, this wealthy farmer was faced with what seemed to him a very distressing problem. He did not know what to do with all the grain. All his barn and silos were crammed to capacity. Then he had a brainstorm. His problem was solved. He decided to pull down his barns and build bigger ones. He could have saved himself the expense and other of this tremendous construction project if had just looked on the needy world around him, and used these possessions to satisfy hunger, both spiritual and physical. As soon as his new barns were built, he planned to retire. Notice his spirit of independence: my barns, my fruits, my goods, my soul. He had the future all planned. He was going to take his ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
But when he began to think of time as his, he crashed into God to his eternal ruin. God told him that he would die that very night. The he would lose ownership of all his material possession. They would fall to someone else. We might well ask ourselves the question, “If Christ should come today, whose would all my possessions be?” How much better to use them for God today than to let them fall into the devil’s hands tomorrow! We can lay up treasure in heaven with them now, and thus be rich toward God. Or we can squander them on our flesh, and from the flesh reap corruption.
May be you can ask yourself another question, “If Christ should come today, are you ready to meet Him in the air?”
But when he began to think of time as his, he crashed into God to his eternal ruin. God told him that he would die that very night. The he would lose ownership of all his material possession. They would fall to someone else. We might well ask ourselves the question, “If Christ should come today, whose would all my possessions be?” How much better to use them for God today than to let them fall into the devil’s hands tomorrow! We can lay up treasure in heaven with them now, and thus be rich toward God. Or we can squander them on our flesh, and from the flesh reap corruption.
May be you can ask yourself another question, “If Christ should come today, are you ready to meet Him in the air?”
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” [John 3:16]
The rich man planned to build bigger barns
I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones
“Later, he[the rich man] said, "Now I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I can store all my grain and other goods. Then I'll say to myself, `You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.' "” [Luke 12:18-19]
