紫砂壺與倉房

老鐵匠的紫砂壺有人說是一個真實的故事。說有一個老鐵匠過著粗茶淡飯，自給自足的生活; 每天喝著他那把祖宗三代留下來的紫砂壺裏的茶水，悠閑自在。一天一個路過的商人發現他那把紫砂壺是把價值幾十萬的寶貝，老鐵匠並沒有舍得賣。可是從此他的生活不再平靜，向他淘寶的接踵而至，甚至向他借錢。老鐵匠一怒之下，砸碎了紫砂壺。他從此又過上了平靜悠閑的生活，並活到了102歲。

很多人追求財富的目的是想過平靜悠閑的生活，可很多人有了更多的錢後並沒有過上這樣的生活，因為人的貪心永無止境。

路加福音12章耶穌說人們應免去一切的貪心，人的生命並不是由家道豐富組成的。隨後耶穌打了個財主擴建倉房的比喻: 說有個財主田產豐盛，糧食和財物無處儲藏，遂擴建倉房，並心裏說隻管安安逸逸的吃喝快樂吧; 神卻對財主說:"豈不知今夜就要你的靈魂，你所預備的要歸誰呢？" 這當然隻是耶穌打的一個比喻，不過足以說明財富與生命無必然聯係。

人可以非常富足，更需要在耶穌基督裏富足，因為他裏麵生命，有永生!

路12:13 眾人中有一個人對耶穌說、夫子、請你吩咐我的兄長和我分開家業。
One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
路12:14 耶穌說、你這個人、誰立我作你們斷事的官、給你們分家業呢。
But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"
路12:15 於是對眾人說、你們要謹慎自守、免去一切的貪心．因為人的生命、不在乎家道豐富。
He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
路12:16 就用比喻對他們說、有一個財主、田產豐盛．
He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
路12:17 自己心裏思想說、我的出產沒有地方收藏、怎麽辦呢。
He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'
路12:18 又說、我要這麽辦．要把我的倉房拆了、另蓋更大的．在那裏好收藏我一切的糧食和財物。
He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
路12:19 然後要對我的靈魂說、靈魂哪、你有許多財物積存、可作多年的費用．隻管安安逸逸的吃喝快樂吧。
I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
路12:20 神卻對他說、無知的人哪、今夜必要你的靈魂．你所預備的、要歸誰呢。
"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
路12:21 凡為自己積財、在神麵前卻不富足的、也是這樣。
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."