Monday 30 Oct 2017

October 30: Luke 12:15-21

Key Verse: Luke 12:21
“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Devotion:
The worst things we could try to exaggerate are our spiritual riches based upon what we have here on earth! No matter how rich we are here on earth, it is not a measuring stick for how rich we will be in heaven. Judging how pleased God is with us by looking at the earthly riches we have is just madness; they are opposite sides of the coin.

Working for earthly riches will make us comfortable and will give us a good life whilst here on earth, but what we do with our riches may well break us down spiritually. Coveting what we have here on earth will lead our hearts away from God and will weaken us spiritually; why else would God list that as one of the Ten Commandments? Our lives must not be measured by what we possess, but how we use what we have. If we are going to let our riches guide us or control us, then we have left the path which God laid out for us and are now walking the path of covetousness. Just like the man in this parable, we will quickly loose our way.

We do not know all of what God has in store for us. We do not know His grand plan. How then are we to be ready if we are going to leave His world behind and seek our own covetous world instead? How are we going to be prepared if we ignore His work? God has the perfect plan and we seem to do nothing more than spoil it because of our greedy eyes. We do not stick with the plan but run with our own because we think we can see a great future ahead through what we are doing; our problem here is we are looking at things through our own eyes which are limited to the physical lives we lead. We are forgetting who is in control and who can see the bigger picture. We only have to have an accident to realise we are not fully in control, but remembering the steps which took us towards that accident is what we often forget or choose to ignore.

God wants us to be prepared for His plan in our lives. To do so, we have to be close to Him and listening out for Him along the way. Putting God’s will in front of our own wants and desires will help us figure things out...

Points to Ponder:
What would be your ideal job in life?

How much would you use it to glorify God?