Reflections

Luke 12:16 - 21 (NIV) 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.” 

Wealth is no saviour, it saves no one.  Only God can. Wealth is like a painkiller, it can help dull the pain of sin but it is no cure.  In fact, it often hides the fact there is a serious problem.  Wealth is no panacea, but in fact may be a drug. 

That is why Scriptures urge us not to put our hope in wealth, but to place our hope in God.  We are to take our focus away from wealth and towards God!