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Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Luke 12:13-31
The Lord is questioned by someone in the crowd about the dividing of an inheritance. He uses the question to expose the root of all these arguments: greed. "For the love of money is the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10). The parable of the rich man and his barns, too small for him, illustrates this passion for storing up material possessions. Filling one’s pockets, hoarding, calculating carefully and making long term plans may all go under the heading of foresight. Well, such an attitude on the contrary betrays an extreme lack of foresight, since it means neglecting and deceiving the most precious of our possessions: . . . our soul! The rich man foolishly believed that he was satisfying his soul by heaping up for himself "much goods" (v. 19). But for the never-dying soul another type of food is necessary. Yes, "fool", is the name God gives to such a man (cf. Jeremiah 17:11). Over how many tombs could such an epitaph be written (Psalms 52:7)?
In contrast, the Lord Jesus teaches His own that true foresight lies in putting one’s trust in God. All the worries about our daily needs are settled in this statement: "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things" (v. 30). If we see to it that His kingdom and His interests come first, He will completely undertake for ours.
