This coming Sunday I will be speaking at Faith Harbor Church in Surf
City, NC. We will be focusing on Luke 12.13-21. In this passage we
have Jesus share with us a parable. Jesus has someone call out in the
crowd that he should settle an inheritance dispute. Interestingly, the
man who calls Jesus out regards him as teacher ------ but then proceeds
to make demands.
Jesus goes on to tell the man that
life is not about the abundance of possessions (v15) ----- but instead
life is something more than that. That is when we are introduced to the
parable of the rich fool.
The fool is really a good
business person. He has a bumper crop one year ------ and because of
his bumper crop he decides that he should build bigger barns to store
all of his grains and goods (v18). Rather than being considered an apt
business man ----- Jesus describes him as a fool. He is a fool because
that very night his life is required of him.
At the
beginning of the parable we do not see a clear direction on where Jesus
is going to tie this parable into the inheritance question. But at the
end the connection is clearly made. Storing up treasures on earth is a
false form of being rich ------ instead true riches are found in the
Lord (v21). The key turning point for the business man ------ is when
he talks to himself (v19). Instead of consulting the Lord on what to do
with the grain and goods that he has accumulated, he only consults his
own soul. For the Lord had something else in store for him, and all the
wealth he had accumulated will go to someone else.
In
what ways have we accumulated wealth and possessions, but have not
consulted the Lord about what we are to do with those things?
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