MUCH GOODS, LITTLE TIME...
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
TEXT:
Luke 12:19 (KJV) And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years;
take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke 12:19 (NIV) And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years.
Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."'
Luke 12:19 (MSG) and I'll say to myself, Self, you've done well! You've got it made and can now
retire. Take it easy and have the time of your life!'
Review:
EVE NEVER COUNTED THE COST? Discord? A grave?
ACHAN never considered the price of that GOLD and fancy clothes?
MOSES was to speak to the rock? IN ANGER and frustration? COST?
GEHAZI --- servant of Elisha, picks up LEPROSY from a healing NAAMAN?
THOMAS--- COST OF MISSING...
COST? WE NEED TO EVALUATE PRICE, COST, VALUE AND WORTH...
I read about a WEALTHY man in California that loved to eat MUSHROOMS.
He hated to pay the big price to buy MUSHROOMS.
So, TO SAVE MONEY, he decided to HUNT for his own.
He found a large area filled with MUSHROOMS ...
HE PICKED THEM AND WASHED THEM AND AND COOKED THEM.
The MUSHROOMS smelled so good as he was cooking them.
He sat down at the table and ate his fill.
The next thing you know he was laying in the floor in great pain.
He tried to reach his phone, but he was PARALYZED...
In less than a half an hour HE WAS DEAD...
THE COST? HE SAVED MONEY AND COST HIM HIS LIFE?
WE OFTEN UNDERSATND PRICE ---
AND REFUSE TO UNDERSTAND WORTH? COST?
Price is the quantity of labor which its possessor will take in exchange for it.
Nothing is WORTH more than what the purchaser will pay for it?
VALUE MAN DEPEND ON THE HANDS ---
TAKE THE VAULE OF A DANELION ---
VS. THE HANDS OF THE CHILD THAT GAVETHE FLOWER TO YOU...
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man GIVE IN EXCHANGE for HIS OWN soul?
WISE PEOPLE MUST LEARN AN IMPORTANT LESSON TO THRIVE IN LIFE...
TERMS WE MUST UNDERSTAND:
PRICE : The amount of money you pay for something...
What you give up to get something...
COST: The out lay you pay to achieve
WORTH: The usefulness
VALUE: How important is it? Fair worth?
The price of college may be $20,000 a year.
But the cost of the degree is much more than money...
The worth can have life long dividends...
Ever heard about the old man that put his fiddle in the auction.
The first bid was $2.50. The second bid was $5.00. His fiddle then was $20.00.
The old man stood up and tuned the fiddle and began playing a masterpiece.
The story goes he laid down the fiddle with tears in his eyes...
The next bid was $1,000, then $5,000 and it sold for $25,000...
WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $5.00 AND $25,000?
WAS IT NOT THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER?
A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.
A basketball in Michael Jordan’s hands is worth about $33 million.
WHY? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
COST? HOW MANY HOURS HAS JORDAN BEEN WITH A BASKET BALL?
It depends whose hands it’s in.
The VALUE OF A GUITAR hanging in a pawn shop? $100?
Put the guitar in the hands of WILLIE NELSON? CHET ATKINS? GARTH BROOKS?
DOLLY PARTON? TOMMY EMMANUEL?
The value many be in the hands that pick the instrument up?
A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
A baseball in Mark Mcguire’s hands is worth $19 million.
It depends whose hands it’s in.
A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
A tennis racket in Venus Williams’ hands is a Wimbledon Championship.
It depends whose hands it’s in.
A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.
A rod in Moses’ hands will part the mighty sea.
It depends whose hands it’s in.
A sling shot in my hands is a kid’s toy.
A sling shot in David’s hand is a mighty weapon.
It depends whose hands it’s in.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in a BOY'S HANDS THAT YIELDS TO JESUS’s hands will
feed thousands. It depends whose hands it’s in.
The price of a 1000 horses, or the only son?
Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse.
Nails in Jesus Christ’s hands will produce salvation for the entire world.
It depends whose hands it’s in.
As you see now it depends whose hands it’s in.
Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for treasure for yourselves upon the earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
21 FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.
TAKE IT EASY --- DON'T WORRY--- BE HAPPY---
A FOOL AND A WISE PERSON MUST CONSIDER PRICE, COST, VALUE AND WORTH...
SOME PEOPLE REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE PRICE, VALUE, COST AND WORTH?
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU?
So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families and
your relationships in God’s hands because PRIORITY AND VALUE SYSTEM.
Luke 12:16 (MSG) Then he told them this story: "The farm of a certain rich man produced a terrific
crop. 17 He talked to himself: 'What can I do? My barn isn't big enough for this harvest.'
18 Then he said, 'Here's what I'll do: I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I'll gather in
all my grain and goods, 19 and I'll say to myself, Self, you've done well! You've got it made and can now
retire. Take it easy and have the time of your life!' 20 "Just then God showed up and said,
'Fool! Tonight you die. And your barn full of goods—who gets it?'
21 "That's what happens when you fill your barn with Self and not with God."
ARE YOU ONE OF THE FOOLISH INVESTORS:
DO YOU SAY I HAVE MADE IT! ???
YOU HAVE THINGS LAID UP FOR MANY YEARS....
Luke 12:19 I will say to my soul, SOUL THOU HAST MUCH GOODS LAID UP FOR MANY YEARS;
TAKE THINE EASE, EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY...
God calls people a FOOL... WITH A POOR PRIORITY/VALUE SYSTEM.
SO IS HE THAT LAYETH UP TREASURE FOR HIMSELF, AND IS NOT RICH TOWARD GOD.
An NOT TESTED, unexamined life is not worth living.
We live in a day, one would rather discuss how to fix a bicycle, than honestly consider ETERNITY. ??
2 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are
not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18 (MSG) There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here
today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever.
We invest in long-term worthlessness?
What has lasting value?
Many know the price, but few ever learn the difference in price and value.
Will you evaluate how you are spending your time and MAKE ANY NEEDED
"ON THE COURSE ADJUSTMENTS. "
May we never be called a FOOL by God?
He had much goods for many years ... HE JUST DID NOT HAVE MANY YEARS.
How much time do you have? Are you a wise investor?
MANY CAN SEE THE VALUE OF SOMETHING TODAY...
WE NEED DREAMERS.... WE NEED TO SEE THE POTENTIAL.
Genesis 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Very seldom does one find a great wealth of raw DIAMONDS above the ground, where you
just bend over and pick a bag of diamonds.
GREAT PEARLS do not grow on trees and you just pick them.
GREAT DEPOSITS OF GOLD RARELY EXIST ....JUST JUMPING OUT AT YOU.
Few people can identify a great diamond in the rough.
The beautiful diamond cannot be seen by the average eye, only a trained eye.
Once when I was a boy, a Sunday school teacher told me, "You are a mean, bad boy!..."
They refused to see a school teacher? a pastor?
Pastors and Parents often criticize and put down and dwarf growth. If it is not worth praise,
is it worth whining?
Value is the life giving power of anything...
Cost is the quantity of labor required to produce anything....
WE OFTEN UNDERSATND PRICE ---
AND REFUSE TO UNDERSTAND WORTH? COST?
Price is the quantity of labor which its possessor will take in exchange for it.
Nothing is WORTH more than what the purchaser will pay for it?
VALUE MAN DEPEND ON THE HANDS ---
TAKE THE VAULE OF A DANELION ---
VS. THE HANDS OF THE CHILD THAT GAVETHE FLOWER TO YOU...
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man GIVE IN EXCHANGE for HIS OWN soul?
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So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families and your
relationships in God’s hands because It depends whose hands it’s in
Many know the price, but few ever learn the difference in price and value.
Will you evaluate how you are spending your time and MAKE ANY NEEDED ON THE COURSE
ADJUSTMENTS.
May we never be called a FOOL by God?
He had much goods for many years ... HE JUST DID NOT HAVE MANY YEARS.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
