Being Rich Towards God

The last words of this Sunday's Gospel reading from Luke 12:13-21 gives us the title for this post,

Someone in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.’ But he said to him, ‘Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?’ And he said to them, ‘Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.’ Then he told them a parable: ‘The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, “What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?” Then he said, “I will do this: I will pull 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 ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?” So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’

The lesson is simple, don't spend your short life accumulating material goods when you have a much longer eternity for which to prepare.

And how do we prepare for eternity? First confess Jesus as Lord, accept him as your Savior, and follow him faithfully. You will find yourself drawn to study the Bible as that is where you will encounter Jesus from witnesses you can trust.

And you will be changed by the spiritual riches that will serve you well for the rest of eternity.