Emphasis Preaching Journal

The closing sentences in the gospel lesson read like a collection of proverbs. We can see even secular truth in them. Since there have been people who have put all they could into getting the most out of life for themselves, we know how they can fail and how they might have fared better by sharing with others. We know how people may accumulate worldly satisfactions at the expense of integrity or meaningfullness. There are stories about the original John D. Rockefeller, who gained a monopoly over the oil business, only to become so severely ill as to be threatened by death.