"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures 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.
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness." Matthew 6:19-23
So the question I have for you is what is your treasure? Is it security, having a savings and retirement account. Is it safety, living in a nice neighborhood and driving new car that will not get you stuck in the twilight Zone. Is it love, love of your family and friends. How about stuff, flat screen TV, cable, cars, homes, clothing and anything else you think you need but don't. What is your treasure what would you die for?
That is a great question... you want to know because I know tons of people storing up money, homes, cars, and they are the things Christ tells us not to store up. But stop, you say, you have to be smart and God wants you to be smart and not foolish. Yes, but what is your treasure? What do you look at and dream about, what do you spend most of your time doing and thinking about? I am not saying not to have a retirement account, I am saying why spent 80 or 100 plus on cable TV and not on Bibles or helping out a pastor in a small church.
We are told what you look at will help determine your treasure, are you looking at Lost, Desperate House Wives and other TV shows more then spending time in the Bible? You need to unwind but why not let Christ unwind you and not the world "come to Me all you who are weary and tired"-Jesus. Lets make Him our number one treasure, and to do that you have to spend time (not just 5 min.) in the Bible, you have to meditate on what you study, you must spend time talking to our Lord and Master, you have to think about Him and His Word/Bible daily. Remember when you fell in love, or your baby was born... All you could do was talk, think, look at them... wow what a time, money, cars, savings, did not matter only that person. That is a treasure and that is how we are to be with God. we must give Him our eyes, our time, our commitment.
So I ask you again what is your treasure, what do you spend the most time looking at, dreaming about, wishing you had, what do you protect the most, is it stuff on earth or is it Him (God) and His Word (Bible)?
