Bible Verse:
Luke 12:13 – 34: Parable of the Rich Fool
Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”
But He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”
Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”
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.”
And He said to His disciples, “For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?
If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!
And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.
But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.
“Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
My Notes:
In Parable of the sower, we were reminded to be deep soil to let the sower grow.
In this week, we were reminded what to be grown, our fortune or our inner spirit – the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23.
Our fortune is our bank account when we live while the fruit of the Spirit is our bank account when we live in the Holy Kingdom.
Hence, we were reminded the importance of growing the fruit of the Spirit instead of the fortune.
In this photo, I took a shoot of a decorated tree for Christmas to represent the relationship between the fortune and our fruit of the Spirit.
The decoration on the tree symbolises the fortune that we concentrated on. When the fortune grows, we usually will invest in decorations and put on ourselves. It may be jewelleries, properties, arts or bachelor degrees.
However, this tree is in condition, it is supported by external. It symbolises the lack of growing our inner soul – the fruit of Spirit.
If the condition goes on, the weight of the decorations on the tree will pull us down.
It is to remind us what is more important.
Updated on 10 Dec, 2019:
The Christmas is coming and the decoration for Christmas is fabulous.
It would be amazing when our fortune is growing with appropriate decoration.
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