Devo Luke 12

Chapter 12
13Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the
inheritance with me.” 14Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an
arbiter between you?” 15Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard
against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his
possessions.” 16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man
produced a good crop. 17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no
place to store my crops.’ 18”Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down
my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years.
Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ‘ 20”But God said to him, ‘You fool! This
very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have
prepared for yourself?’ 21”This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things
for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Meditation:
1. The story of the rich farmer remains a pointed challenge to us. Why pile up
wealth here on earth? Why work to gather more than you will ever need?
However, this rich farmer rejected the word of God and based his life on the
pursuit of earthly treasure. Christ said, “You fool! ……Who will get what
you have prepared?”
2. We all make value decisions that shape our lives. Jesus asks us to remember
that those decisions shape our life here and in eternity.
3. What decisions am I facing? What value do I base my decisions on? Will
Jesus call me a fool? Or a good and faithful servant? How is God calling me
to treat my money and possessions differently?

Personal Note:
It is tragic to see many rich people I know work very hard to accumulate wealth and when they decided to stop and enjoy life, they passed away very suddenly (heart attack, cancer, etc)  Why pile up more than what we will ever need.  Instead of storing up more and more, why do we give away generously.