Legacy: Week 3

This powerful teaching from Luke 12 challenges us to examine what truly has our hearts by looking at where we place our treasure. Through the parable of the rich fool who built bigger barns to store his abundant harvest, we're confronted with a sobering truth: accumulation without eternity will never satisfy us. The rich man had everything by worldly standards—success, abundance, security—yet God called him a fool because he lived only for himself, with no thought of God or others. What's striking is that God wasn't against his success; God gave him the blessing of the harvest. The problem was what he did with it. This message invites us into deep self-reflection about our own lives. Are we trying to fill an eternal longing with temporary things? Are we climbing ladders only to discover they're leaning against the wrong wall? The teaching beautifully illustrates how greed and anxiety feed each other in a vicious cycle—greed says 'I need more' while anxiety whispers 'what if I don't have enough?' But Jesus offers us a different way: the way of the ravens and lilies, who live in complete dependence on their Creator. Like a five-year-old standing before the cupboard, confident that Papa will reach what she cannot, we're invited to trust that our Father already knows our needs. This isn't about being irresponsible with money; it's about recognizing that our finances were never meant to replace our faith. When we live with open hands toward God and others, we discover that giving doesn't just change what we do—it transforms who we become.