What Shall I Do?

Scripture – Luke 12:16-21: 16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20“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?’ 21“This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.”

Reflection: Here’s a question everyone faces – “What shall I do?” As I look around at what the Lord has provided in my life, what shall I do with the excess?

Part of the problem we face in our nation today – perhaps the root of the problem – is that attitude of instant gratification. I’m tempted to spend any money I have just because I have it. Then I’m led to spend money I don’t have. Then……..you know where that leads.

Somehow, here in the United States, we live with the great myth of entitlement. We live with the sense that I should have all I want now, and I should have a comfortable, even luxurious, retirement.

I can have all I want right now by simply wanting less. I can use the excess I have to continue Christ’s ministry in this world. And I can trust the Lord to provide what I need throughout the rest of my life as He always has. What shall I do?