Week 41 - Luke 12:15

Then he said to them, "Watch out!  Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

NIV, Life Application Study Bible Footnotes:

Jesus says that the good life has nothing to do with being wealthy, so be on guard against greed (desire for what we don't have).  This is the exact opposite of what society usually says.  Advertisers spend millions of dollars to entice us to think that if we buy more and more of their products, we will be happier, more fulfilled, more comfortable.  How do you respond to the constant pressure to buy?  

Learn to tune out expensive enticements and concentrate instead on the truly good life -- living in a relationship with God and doing his work.



Have you ever known someone who was very wealthy but very unhappy?  Or how about someone who was very happy but had very little in the way of possessions?  I've seen real life examples of both.  Our world often gets it backwards -- our abundance doesn't come in the form of "stuff" but only in our relationship with the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Live ABUNDANTLY in Him today!