November
2009
Lessons From The Barn
12:13 Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 12:14 But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?” 12:15 Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 12:16 He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop, 12:17 so he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 12:18 Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19 And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”‘ 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 12:21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
Key Point: God warns us against being tempted to use apparent good for inadvertent evil
Cry for rights = cultural characteristic
Where are we demanding our “rights” (covering our greed)?
Greed is an invisible, parasitical sin – cf. myth of King Midas
Parable invites us to reconsider our priorities:
It is not bad to have good things
But is too much of a good thing really good?
Many of our greatest temptations are not to do wrong – obvious evil; but to pursue too much of a good thing – to do good for ourselves, instead of serving God?
Only parable where God is a key actor Life is a loan with a “pay on demand” clause
God wants to give us His Kingdom of love; do we use resources to build a kingdom of self?
To be rich towards God = being generous towards others
Serving Jesus as our true Boss
“Psalm 23 For The Workplace”
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