Can physical wealth provide ultimate security?
Of course not. It feels like it should... but only ultimate things can give ultimate security. Only God can truly provide this. This man believed that his wealth would give him peace. It cannot do that.
Jesus isn't telling us not to plan. I don't even think he's necessarily railing against wealth here. He's opening our eyes to the lie that wealth is the only thing we need, and he's telling us that we're foolish if we don't first consider what it means to be rich towards God. If our material wealth ends up well beyond what we had planned for, the opportunity is not to build bigger barns for the sake of having more, but rather to look outward. If we have everything we need, then what does more provide? Only the illusion of security. When we cling to God, we don't pursue more for the sake of more. We recognize that our blessings are opportunities to be stewards, to think of how blessings run through our hands and into the lives of others. We are blessed to be a blessing unto others, and to remember that true wealth is found only in God.
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