MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2020 MORNING
LUKE 12:13-22 New International Version (NIV)
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
To be rich means to be thankful to God for the blessings. Second, it must mean stewardship that returns God’s portion to God. Thirdly, it must mean generosity toward the neighbor whom Jesus has charged to love; and to our enemy, whom Jesus has also charged us to pray for.
JUMATATU TAREHE 14 SEPTEMBA 2020 ASUBUHI
LUKE 12:13-22
13 Mtu mmoja katika mkutano akamwambia, Mwalimu, mwambie ndugu yangu anigawie urithi wetu.
14 Akamwambia, Mtu wewe, ni nani aliyeniweka mimi kuwa mwamuzi au mgawanyi juu yenu?
15 Akawaambia, Angalieni, jilindeni na choyo, maana uzima wa mtu haumo katika wingi wa vitu vyake alivyo navyo.
16 Akawaambia mithali, akisema, Shamba la mtu mmoja tajiri lilikuwa limezaa sana;
17 akaanza kuwaza moyoni mwake, akisema, Nifanyeje? Maana sina pa kuyaweka akiba mavuno yangu.
18 Akasema, Nitafanya hivi; nitazivunja ghala zangu, nijenge nyingine kubwa zaidi, na humo nitaweka nafaka yangu yote na vitu vyangu.
19 Kisha, nitajiambia, Ee nafsi yangu, una vitu vyema vingi ulivyojiwekea akiba kwa miaka mingi; pumzika basi, ule, unywe, ufurahi.
20 Lakini Mungu akamwambia, Mpumbavu wewe, usiku huu wa leo wanataka roho yako! Na vitu ulivyojiwekea tayari vitakuwa vya nani?
21 Ndivyo alivyo mtu ajiwekeaye nafsi yake akiba, asijitajirishe kwa Mungu.
22 Akawaambia wanafunzi wake, Kwa sababu hiyo nawaambia, Msisumbukie maisha yenu, mtakula nini; wala miili yenu, mtavaa nini.
Utajiri maana yake ni kuwa na shukrani kwa Mungu kwa baraka alizotupa. Pili, inamaanisha uwakili ule unaorudisha kwa Mungu sehemu iliyo yake. Tatu, kuwa na utajiri ni kuonyesha ukarimu kwa jirani zetu ambao Yesu alituagiza kuwapenda; na kwa adui zetu, ambao Yesu alituagiza kuwaombea.
