Luke 12:18

“And he said, This will I do, I will pull down my barns, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.”

And he resolved his problem by deciding that he would build larger barns so that he could store it all up in order to secure his own future and enable himself to retire. Note the constant reference to Himself. (‘I -- I -- my --I -- my -- my'). He has thought neither for God nor for others. We recognise the significance of the choice he made. It was not to say to himself, ‘well, I already have what I need. I will give all this surplus to the poor and use it in the service of God.' It was to say, ‘I will use all this for my own benefit and my family's benefit, and to our greater advantage. I will look after Number One.'