He had a young family. He was a brilliant, loving man with a marvelous professional future. But he dropped dead at fifty-one while running. His heart failed, his life was forfeited and those who loved and counted on him faced sudden loss. There is no way to protect ourselves, no way to have enough money, enough health, or enough of anything to be sure that the storm won't come.
Most people know the right thing to do in a lot of settings.
Most of us know that cholesterol is bad for us. We know that we're supposed to back up the hard drive on our computers. We know that we should take time to be with our kids when they're young. The Sermon on the Mount begins in Matthew 5 verse 1 by saying that Jesus sat down as a rabbi to teach, and his disciples came to hear him. But as the teaching proceeded, others joined them and were listening in.