FBC Gridley

Our whole society is saturated with materialistic values. Advertisers appeal to us continually through our insatiable desire for more. And the implication is always the same: the good life depends on the number of things that you possess. You wear the right jeans and tennis shoes, you drive the right car, you attend the right vacation spots, you eat at the right restaurants, and you’ll experience the fulfilling life.

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Jesus said, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 

Luke 12:15

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And if the world’s value system is not countered repeatedly, we get sucked in, and we become more greedy and less sacrificial. We become more earthbound and less heavenly minded. The only way I know to counter that propaganda is by continuous exposure to the Word of God, to keep us in touch with eternal values.

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Jesus knew how difficult it would be to keep things in perspective. That’s why over half of all His parables touch on our attitude toward possessions. Probably the most familiar of those parables is this one of the rich fool in Luke 12.