Pastor’s Note

What Really Matters?

Luke 12:13-31

This Sunday, we continue our sermon series, More Than a Story: Discovering the Kingdom Through the Parables of Jesus, as we turn to Jesus’ Parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:13–31. We also begin our three-week stewardship emphasis as we consider what it means to faithfully use all that God has entrusted to us.

In this parable, Jesus tells the story of a man who had everything the world told him he needed: abundance, security, possessions, and plans for the future. Yet Jesus calls him a fool. Why? Because somewhere along the way, the man began trusting in his stuff rather than trusting in God.

That makes Jesus’ words just as important for us today. Our culture constantly tells us that if we could just have a little more, earn a little more, save a little more, or buy one more thing, then we would finally feel secure. But Jesus invites us into a different way of living. He reminds us that our lives are about far more than what we own and that our security is found not in what we can accumulate, but in our Heavenly Father who knows what we need and faithfully provides for us. Stewardship, then, is ultimately a matter of trust. Do we trust our stuff, or do we trust our Heavenly Father?

As we worship together this Sunday, may we hear Jesus’ invitation to seek first the Kingdom of God and to build our lives around what really matters.

Grace & Peace,

Pastor Margaret