Rich Fool - Luke 12:16-21

And he taught to himself, what shall I do? I build larger ones and I will store all my grain.

If you can see, there is about six eyes in those three verses. He thought about how to storage all his crops, but he never thought about his soul. So he was so foolish that he never thought about thanking God for all his blessings. Probably more than one here will love to have this problem. Have more than enough. to the point that we don't know what to do with it. What you will do with something like this if something happened to you? What you will do with all your blessings? Will you be completely happy? Or you are happy now the way you are? How foolish he was that he was fully trusting in all his possessions. He put his trust in the things of this world that he never did the most important thing in his life. He never opened a heavenly account. Look around you. Look at the society we're living in. It's the human nature. The more we have, the more we want. So don't be like these men. Don't be foolish and store your crops. Don't be foolish and put your trust on the false security that the possessions bring to you. Trust in the Lord. In Matthew 6, he says,

but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

So don't store more than you need. Share your blessings. Give to the one in need. support your local church, give to missions, make deposits to your heavenly account, because we can die any day. Don't covet more than what you have. Enjoy what God already blessed you with, because when we die, we will not take any of that stuff with us. That will take us to the second point. We can take anything with us when we die. So these guys got tangled up in planning and building. Seems like it was a hard work back then. Just imagine, they didn't have all the power tools that we have right now to build barns and all that stuff, fancy equipment. Everything was made by hand, so he expend a lot of energy and a lot of time. tearing down buildings that he already had to build something bigger. So it wasn't an easy task. So probably it took money, a lot of energy, a lot of time. So it took so much out of him that he never thought about his soul at all. He thought that he was in control of everything. Don't you think it's foolish to think like that? When he was getting ready to enjoy all his good, God came to remember him how fool he was to think that he was in control. Because listen what he says,

but God said to him, fool.

He was in control. He thought he was in control. And some of us, many of us, we think we are in control. We try to plan for the future. We always worry about what is going to happen tomorrow. You don't even know if you're going to wake up tomorrow. What if something happens to you like my good friend Alejandro? We're going to lay down and we never know if we're going to wake up. So don't be foolish. and get tangled up on these things of this world. Just think about what are your priorities. Are you making constant deposits into your heavenly account? Are you praying the Lord, please give me this and give me that? And we also sometimes forget, give thanks for what he already give us. How many times we give thanks for what we already have? It's just to be able to get up and walk, breathe, laugh. So don't be foolish and trust on the things of this world. Be intentional. Don't let the things of this world distract you from making heavenly deposits. Share your blessings because at the end, we will love the things behind. Ecclesiastes 5, as we went through Ecclesiastes already, it says,

naked as he came, so shall he go.

So we came to this world naked. What we have already on is enough. So prepare to face God. At the end of this world, at the end of this life, we all have to be prepared to face God. How are you going to face Him? Are you going to be able to stand in front of Him? So that takes us to our third why. God will judge us. So after this rich man spent all his foolish life pursuing all the things of this world, he find out in the hard way in how cold was his awakening of this man to his harsh reality. When he thought that he have everything planned out, something was missing. God came and said to him,

This night your soul is required of you and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?

So don't be foolish. Don't put your trust on the things of this world. Make deposits into your heavenly account because Look what verse 20 says,

so is the one who lays up treasures for himself and is not rich toward God.

I'm wondering how he felt on that very moment. What went through his mind? I can imagine some Probably right at that moment, he was worried about his possessions. Because looks like all through his life, that's what all he was worried about, about his possessions. So, that is usual for covetous people. So don't be foolish and find yourself serving to the possessions of this world. Be on your guard against covetousness. If you are a Christian, confess your sin before God. Just remember what James 4 says.

You desire and do not have. You covet and cannot obtain. So you fight and quarrel. You don't have because you don't ask. You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly. To spend it on your passions. You adulterous people. Do you know that friendship with the world is enemy with God?

So how you are honoring God with your possessions? Humble yourself before him and fully trust in him. Don't be foolish in trusting the things of this world. Look what it says on verse 15 on the same chapter of Luke.

And he said to them, take care and be on your guard against all covetousness. For one's life does not consist in the abundance on his possessions.

So if you're not a Christian today, I invite you to open a heavenly account by receiving Christ as your savior. Fully trust by faith in the sacrifice that he did at the cross, where he took all the wrath of God that we deserve because we are sinners and God is a holy God. Don't delay repentance. Today is the day of salvation, because you don't know if you're going to wake up tomorrow. Will you pray with me? Heavenly Father, we give you thank you, Father, for your work. Help us, Father, to honor you with our possessions. Help us, Father, to see our sinfulness. Help us, Father, to see our covetousness. And help us, Father, to honor you in all these things. We pray these things in the name of Jesus. Amen.