“What Should I Do?”

 “What Should I Do?”

 

Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.  He said to himself, “what should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.”   Luke 12:16-17

 

Being WEALTHY is NOT a SIN, but when that WEALTH becomes your God, then it becomes a SIN.  Having MONEY does NOT always solve problems, but it can create NEW problems.  As it was for this RICH man.  NOTICE that he seems concerned more with HIMSELF and not concerned about anyone else.  

 

I think that 1 Timothy 6:18-19:  Tells us the ANSWER to the question; “What Should I Do?” This is what he SHOULD HAVE DONE:  He should have used his money to DO GOOD.  He SHOULD be RICH in GOOD WORKS and GENEROUS TO THOSE in NEED, ALWAYS BEING READY to SHARE with OTHERS.  And by doing this he would have been STORING UP his TREASURE as a GOOD FOUNDATION for the FUTURE so he might experience TRUE LIFE.  

 

But this RICH MAN didn’t do that, and we see in Luke 12:20, God said to him: “You fool! You will die this very night. Then WHO will get everything you worked for?”  Verse 21, Jesus told the crowd: “Yes, a person is a fool to STORE UP EARTHLY WEALTH but NOT have a RICH RELATIONSHIP with God.”  It doesn’t matter how MUCH WEALTH you have HERE on EARTH, but it MATTERS very much if YOU don’t have a RICH RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD. 

 

Do YOU have a RICH RELATIONSHIP with God?  Or do you HAVE any RELATIONSHIP with GOD?  You can have that RICH RELATIONSHIP with GOD if you will lay up your TREASURE in HEAVEN, for a GOOD FOUNDATION so you MIGHT have TRUE LIFE or ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, and be able to ESCAPE HELL, with all its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  

 

The essence of this parable is to NOT BE GREEDY, but SHARE as much as you are able, with those who are in NEED.  And do it with a LOVING, COMPASSIONATE HEART.  In order to have a RIGHT, RICH RELATIONSHIP with GOD and to STORE UP TREASURES in Heaven, You MUST become a CHILD of GOD.  And you do that by:  ADMITTING that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL.  Then you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and KNOW what YOU SHOULD DO, which is TRUST IN GOD for ALL of your NEEDS.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN!!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be Left Behind!!!