“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21).
Though this verse needs little explanation, these words from John MacArthur add insight: “Jesus goes on to point out that a person’s cherished possessions and his deepest motives and desires are inseparable, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. They will either both be earthly or both be heavenly. It is impossible to have one on earth and the other in heaven (James 4:4). As always, the heart must be right first. In fact, if the heart is right, everything else in life falls into its proper place. The person right with the Lord will be generous and happy in his giving to the Lord’s work. By the same token, a person who is covetous, self-indulgent, and stingy has good reason to question his relationship with the Lord.”
If every thing you treasure is in a bank or vault somewhere, you will always been thinking about that place. However, if you are “laying up treasures in Heaven”, you will always be thinking about Heaven. Where is your treasure and heart today?
Sue Winchester
Missouri
PRAY TOGETHER: Praise God; count your blessings.
