The Saturday after the First Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on June 28, 2025 by under
Scripture: St. Luke 12:13-21 (NKJV)
12:13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” 15 And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ 18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Devotion
Our Lord’s Word and truth are more important than our wealth. His Word and truth are also more important than our loved ones. His Word and truth are more important than our bodily life, as well. These things are important, but they are not more important than what our Savior teaches and commands. We can lose our wealth, our loved ones, and our bodily life, but if we are faithful, God will still give us a new life in eternity, which is more precious than all other blessings.
Sin and vanity makes us desire to rank and order our earthly blessings according to what seems right in our own eyes. But to be “rich toward God,” as our Lord says in today’s reading, is to be faithful. All of our good blessings come from the Lord. If wealth, or family, or bodily things pull us away from our Maker and Redeemer, then they become idols or false gods. We must cling to all His Words and truth by the power of His Spirit. As He says in Matthew 6:33, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…” He knows our needs, and He will give us those things that will bless us forever, not just in this mortal life.
Collect: O God, the Strength of all them that put their trust in Thee: Mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without Thee, grant us the help of Thy grace, that in keeping Thy commandments we may please Thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
