I used to joke with my brother. I would say, “When mother dies, you can have just about everything. I want her house and her car. You can have her clothes and her dishes and her trinkets and everything else.” Of course that was a joke. He knew it, and I knew it. But this is not always a joke in some families.
Luke 12:13-14 tells us of just one such account. Here we see a man who gets to stand before the Son of God. I can think of a thousand questions I might have for him.
Please tell me, Jesus, what does God look like? What does heaven look like? What must I do to be saved? The man in our story today had none of the important things to ask or to say. Here’s his story:
“Someone in the crowd said to Him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.’ But Jesus replied, ‘Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?'”
We get so few moments in life that truly matter. This man squandered his on real estate and possessions, blind to the treasure standing before him. When your moment comes, will you recognize what’s eternal, or will you too be counting coins while heaven waits?
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.