A Personal Devotional Journal

I invite you to journey with me. Sometimes we will look at short passages of Scripture and I will give my first thoughts and impressions. Other times, I will just share my thinking about spiritual issues. Always, you are welcome to comment and add your thoughts. Together, we could learn something.

Friday, April 23, 2010

"Treasures" Matthew 6:19-21

"Do not lay up...treasures on earth...but lay up...treasures in heaven.... For where your treasure is, there your heart is also."

The call of the Kingdom is worked out in real life, and there is a sense in which we are either in or out.  In evangelical circles we often talk about the proper order of priorities: God, family, career (and other stuff).  But, just saying that these are our priorities does not mean they are.  It is actually not difficult to discern our true priorities.  Our priorities (treasures) are clearly shown by what we think and dwell on, and what we spend our time and money on.

If we say that the Kingdom of God is our priority, yet we spend all of our energy, time and finances building our little kingdoms here (including careers, homes, financial security, etc.) we are deceived.

We make many choices every day concerning serving God or serving self, establishing our own agendas or following His.  We may not like what Jesus is saying, but He definitely means what He is saying: where your treasure is, there you heart is. 

The flip side of this difficult teaching is that if we are Kingdom people with Kingdom purposes, there are eternal rewards, and that these eternal rewards far outweigh the temporary indulgences that we tend to reward ourselves with here and now.  It is worth our investment to be Kingdom people.

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