What if it isn’t my stuff?

It’s not that the farmer was being judged with death for thinking about keeping everything and retiring. Not at all.

It’s that his death was going to show the folly of his choices.

Here’s the heart of the story:

God doesn’t say, “You are dying because of stuff.” He’s saying that more stuff doesn’t keep you from dying. So, what do you want to invest in?

The man thought that the point of life was accumulating stuff. The more stuff, the better life.

Let’s go back to the question. ...