Luke 16:12

Another man’s. One of the most important things for a man to learn in this life is that all the money and material things that come into his possession are not his by virtue of his own wisdom and skill, but are on loan from God. The Lord solemnly warned Israel against this fatal deception and reminded them that it is God who gives men “power to get wealth” (see on Deut. 8:18).

Failure to profit by the instruction given them on this principle was, in large measure, responsible for Israel’s failure as a nation (see Vol. IV, pp. 32, 33). It is ever true that when men do not honor God and appreciate the good things of life as coming from His beneficent hand, they become “vain in their imaginations” and “their foolish heart” is “darkened” (Rom. 1:21). We are simply stewards of God.

That which is your own. Here Jesus refers to eternal life and the blessings and joys that accompany it, as our own. We are “heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ” (Rom. 8:17). When Christ is enthroned in glory He will extend to all the faithful the gracious invitation to come and “inherit the kingdom prepared for” them “from the foundation of the world” (Matt. 25:34).