By “coincidence” I was reading in Luke today about the rich man who was having some great harvests. He had more than he could cope with. It sounds like the man in this verse. Here it is given as a blessing. In Luke it becomes a curse. The difference is not in the success or material goods but in how you view them in life. It is in the principles involved. If you look back one verse you find that the full barns are God responding to the farmer’s faithfulness.
In Luke the response to prosperity is selfish,
(Luk 12:18 KJV) And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.He is impressed with his skills and management.
So? How do we respond when God blesses us? Knowing how we would respond might mean that some of us don’t have certain blessings. Rejoice in the ones you have.
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