Luke 12:16-21 (NASBStr)
And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive. And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops? ’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do:I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘ You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared? ’ So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Yesterday, for my business I had the task of sending out invoices for the work done in the schools I work with throughout the school year. It should be a fun day because I am billing them for hours of work over the past nine months. However, I hate numbers and I hate charging for a job I would naturally do for free (I hope none of them read this blog). The other part I hate about it is contained in this parable of our Lord's, above. I NEVER want to be the guy in this story. I NEVER want to lay up treasures on this earth. I want to capture, in my life, what Jesus is talking about. I want to be RICH TOWARD GOD. We live in a society that so measures a man by his car, his house, his financial status. If you have BIG house and an EXPENSIVE car you are better off than others. Yet, all that is wasted energy ... read Solomon's Ecclesiastes on this subject! We are to be rich toward God. The meaning here is that our concentration should be on mercy, love, grace, servanthood, kindness and a stock pile of FORGIVENESS. Keep me from sending out invoices and rather invites to share the grace of God. Keep me from counting my dollars and, instead, count the times I have forgiven my brother, in grace.
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