Storage Units
Luke 12:13-31
Part of The Gospel Of Luke—Christmas 2018 thru Easter 2019
April 7, 2019

Storage Units


Luke 12:13
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”


Luke 12:14-15
But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you? And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”


Luke 12:15
“… one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”


Luke 12:16-21
And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this; I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’

“But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”


Luke 12:21

“So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

How Do We Guard Our Hearts From The Virus?

  • Recognize the lies.

    Lie #1: More fills me up.
    Lie #2: More guarantees I’ve got a future.
    Lie #3: More means more for me.

  • Acknowledge our anxieties.


Luke 12:22-31
And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

“And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

“But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.

“For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.”

  • See God the way Jesus sees Him, as “Our Father.”


    Luke 12:30
    “… your Father knows … .”


1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.

  • Seek the kingdom with what we have.
    Luke 12:31
    “Instead, seek His kingdom … .”


2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

Communion Question

What do you think it means for you to be rich toward God and seek His kingdom with what you have?