Be rich towards God

From Luke 12:13-21,


13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16 And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

Right now, time is tight and I can’t post as much as I’d like. But I think I’ll gather together verses I can find about money and wealth in the meantime and then comment later. One thing to note is that it’s not “the one who lays up treasure for himself” that’s mainly the problem, but doing so without being rich towards God. It is a selfish lifestyle that seeks to comfort itself through the gaining of wealth instead of taking enough for yourself to gratefully enjoy and seeking to meet the needs of others who, like you, desire comfort.


Hmm. I hadn’t planned on that last sentence. I’ll need to ponder that one more.

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One thought on “Be rich towards God

  1. Hmm. So how exactly are we “rich toward God”? I want to figure out what “laying up treasure in heaven” really means and HOW to do it. I mean, I sure know how to do it on earth!

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