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Rebecca Zahrte
July 11, 2022
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Focus

Take a few minutes to push the “pause” button on whatever is going on around you and be still with God.

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Luke 12:16-21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁶Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. ¹⁷And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ ¹⁸Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ ²⁰But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ ²¹So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

Reflect

This week we are having a Young Adult Ministry Retreat on the Spiritual Disciplines. One of the disciplines we are studying is the discipline of simplicity. Simplicity is often misunderstood as choosing to have less or having less to do. This isn’t the case. Simplicity is having a single-minded focus on God.

In our parable today we read about a rich fool. The man’s wealth was not the issue. He wasn’t a fool because he was rich. He was a fool because he was not focused on God. John Wesley had a saying, ” Earn all you can, Save all you can, and Give all you can.” Simplicity might mean to be poor for the purpose of the Gospel, But it could also mean being a savvy business person and making lots of money, so that you can use your great wealth for the advancement of the Gospel.

We will think more about simplicity this week, but for today. Think about simplicity as single-mindedness. A single-mindedness toward God and the Gospel.

Pray

Almighty God, we get worried about our futures when the stock market goes down. We worry about our security. Yet, you tell us that we should never worry about what we shall eat, or what we shall wear. Help us Lord to be singularly focused on you. Amen.

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