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"And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build
greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will
say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take
thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool,
this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall these
things be, which thou hast provided? So, is he that layeth up treasure
for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Luke 12:18-21

This man had gathered all of his treasures on earth but had stored none
in heaven. Our Lord called the man in this parable a fool. But notice
what kind of man he was: All outward appearances indicated he was a good
man; he was law-abiding, a good neighbor, a family man, not crooked, not
engaged in shady business, not an alcoholic, nor kept a woman on the
side. He was living the good life in surburbia in the best residential
area of the city. This man seems to be all right; yet our Lord called
him a fool. Why? Because this man gave all of his thought to himself,
and he was covetous.

This is the way many people live today. The parable of the rich fool is
one of the most pungent paragraphs in the Word of God. The philosophy of
the world today is "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die."
Our Lord said, "That's the problem, that's what makes a man a fool." If
you live as though this life is all there is, and you live just for
self, and as though there is nothing beyond death, you are a fool!

The things that matter the most in this world, they can never be held in
our hand.
God Bless You.