27/08/2026
Rich Toward God
True security and satisfaction are found not in what we possess but in trusting God with all we have.
August 28, 2026
Luke 12:16-21
In todayโs passage, Jesus tells a parable about a wealthy man whose fields produced abundantly. Instead of sharing his surplus, he planned to tear down his barns and build bigger ones to store everything for himself. He could live comfortably for years on what heโd accumulatedโeating, drinking, taking life easy.
The problem wasnโt the manโs wealth. It was what he chose to do with it. His focus was on himself: โmy crops,โ โmy barns,โ โmy goods.โ This rich man didnโt choose to share with those in need or be generous toward God. He believed he could secure his future through accumulation, mistaking material abundance for true security.
The parable exposes a deeper foolishness: treating the soul as if it can be satisfied with possessions. But death came suddenly, proving that spiritual needs can never be fully satisfied by things that provide physical comfort.
Jesus says that this is how it will be with whoever stores up things for himself but is not โrich toward Godโ (v. 21). Doing that means using what we have generously, recognizing that all we possess is meant for stewardship, not hoarding (Matthew 6:19-21). True security isnโt found in โbigger barnsโ but in trusting God and living with open hands toward others.
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Luke 12:16-21
16 And He told them a parable, saying, ``The land of a rich man was very productive.
17 ``And he began reasoning to himself, saying, `What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'
18 ``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.
19 `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."'
20 ``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?'
21 ``So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Matthew 6:19-21
19 ``Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 ``But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
