What is your treasure in life? Is it your friends? Your boyfriend or friend? Your possessions? or your money? Jesus says that there are only two things that will be going to heaven with you. First, God's Word, and second, His people. Just those two things are going to last forever. I personally have been struggling with what comes first in my life. Trying to fit that extra little thing over my ultimate responsibility to God.
Your heart is with your treasure. Your treasure is with your heart. What you love most becomes treasure to you. What you treasure most becomes what you love. Those two are inseparable. Instead of building up our earthly status, Matthew 6:20-21 tells us to "Lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also".
When it's all said and done, you're going to go with your treasure. Your treasure serves as your "default mind-set. When the sun goes down and you've come to the end of another day and you lay your head on a pillow, you think, I've got my treasure taken care of, because it's got my heart. Don't let yourself get carried away with the things of this world. Start investing yourself in others, through Christ, and make disciples for Him. If you invest your time wisely, and make the right decisions, that market will never "crash" or go into "recession", nor will it cease to amaze you.
7 comments:
That is an awesome blog.
I like how you are starting to reprioritize your life. That is really cool.
dear friend,
you're right. it sounds so convincing and easy - and it is still so hard to adapt to this way of thinking.
I realized that we have to ask Jesus to give us the love to love him - because without him, we can do nothing!
I like this post. I think people's heart, as a treasure will benefit his whole life!
This is amazing. I have struggled with the same thing. Sometimes I let my social life and how I want to be always doing something keep from growing in God's Word. I will remember to keep you in my prayers as you begin to reprioritize your life. That is great. I am proud of you.
I like your blog! It's definately a worthwhile thing to examine where your treasure is and the things you value the most. An easy way to do it is to look at where you spend your time.
I really liked the analogy of the heart's treasure to the stock market (economy). It hits home and it hits hard, because I/we are so wrapped up in material things. Really good stuff!
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