Friday, August 17, 2001
Friday, August 17, 2001
But 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?"
People do crazy things where money is concerned. Jesus told about such a person. Jesus didn't
call
him crazy, but he did call him foolish. Most of us know Jesus' parable almost by heart. "The
ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop," said Jesus. Is there anything wrong with
that?
No, not so far. As far as we know the man came by his wealth honestly. He didn't cheat. He didn't
lie. He didn't steal. Jesus didn't say the rich man was a bad man. Only that he was foolish.
Think about the way you use and handle your money. How would God want you to manage the
gifts
entrusted to you? Don't be foolish.
(Luke 12:20
NRSV)
We live in a crazy country. The Associated Press carried a story recently about a woman who
tried to hold up a bank. Her weapon? A device that she said controlled a bomb in her car.
Brandishing her innovative weapon, the woman demanded money from 3 tellers at a branch bank
in Bowling Green, Ohio. Suddenly the tellers realized that the device she was waving in their
faces was not a remote control for a bomb at all. It was only a garage-door opener. "I think their
first clue was when they saw 'Sears' on the end of the garage-door opener," said Police Chief
Galen Ash. After the tellers realized what her "weapon" was, they forced her to the floor and sat
on her until police arrived. The woman was charged with unarmed bank robbery.
Lord Jesus, help me to be a wise manager of the money God has given to me. Amen.
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