““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?’”
Luke 12:20 (NIV)
This powerful story contained in Luke 20:13-21 came from our Lord in response to a plea from someone to help settle an estate. Apparently, siblings fell out 2,000 years ago over how parents arranged wills - do siblings still fight today over the distribution of their parent’s wealth?
No mention in the story about tips for writing out a will so that your kids won’t fight, nor take advantage of each other after you die, for the story is focused not on the preparations a man made for his children’s well being, but on a man’s preparations for his own well being. This man was focused on his life here on earth to the detriment of his final destination. This man truly needed to heed the message of Amos 4:12 “prepare to meet your God”, for he made no preparation at all. A description of his actions after reaping an abundance harvest seems wise, for I have noticed in the Quinte West area that many large silos are being built for the bumper crops that have been harvested over these last years. It seems like simple wisdom until you hear God say “You fool!”, and you realize that wisdom about life on earth is foolishness if you have made no preparation at all to meet your God. If you store things up for yourself on earth and have made no effort to store up treasure in heaven- you are a fool. This story is as scary as the account of Hezekiah is encouraging. Hezekiah was given time to put his house in order, he was even given time to pray for healing, whereas this man was snatched in the middle of the night- no doubt people would say “before his time”, but it is God who sets our times, it is God who decides when we die. So - is my house in order? -am I rich towards God? If the answer to those two questions is yes, then friend you are ready to meet your God, and He will not call you fool.
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