Wisdom From Jesus

All through the New Testament we get the teachings and wisdom given by Jesus.  For this posting, we will focus on some of the things He was saying in Luke 12.  In verse 16, it says, "Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: 'The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.  And he thought within himself, saying, "What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?"  So he said, "I will do this; I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.  And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.' " But God said to him, "Fool!  This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided"  So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.' " 

To understand what Jesus was teaching here, we have only to read on.  "Then He said to His disciples, 'Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.  Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.  Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them.  Of how much more value are you than the birds?"  Later He says, "..seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you." 

The man with lots of crops and barns and everything he needed wasn't wrong to have things.  What was wrong was his priorities.  All he could think about was things, and things of this life.  Jesus is saying that our priority needs to be on spiritual things, on the kingdom of God.  Jesus says that if we follow Him, everything else will be okay.  We all need to listen to this wisdom. 

Thanks for reading again.  Feel the love again.