Where is My Treasure?
Our Teacher, Leader, Forgiver, and Lord said in Matthew 6:20, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Anything that becomes my everything, is considered my treasure. Here are some “where is my treasure, where is my heart” questions:
1. What occupies my thoughts and daydreams when I have nothing else to do?
2. What is it that I fret about most? Whatever I worry about or get anxious over the most, is an indication that that is my treasure.
3. Apart from my immediate family, who or what do I most dread losing?
4. What are the things I measure others by? This question is very revealing because we tend to measure other people by that which we treasure.
5. What is it that we know we cannot be happy without?
There are only two types of treasures: the ones we amass, acquire and accumulate here on earth, that are vulnerable to rot, decay, and corrosion; and the ones that we amass, acquire and accumulate in heaven that are not subject to rot, decay and corrosion. They have eternal value. No, we cannot buy our way into heaven; that price has already been paid. What Jesus is calling us to is to simplify our lives and leverage our time, resources, and all we have and all we are for the sake of people in need.
I would like for you to ponder these questions with me over the next several days. The answers to these questions, like a mirror, reveal where our treasures are and thus, where our hearts are.
What are some other questions and ways that you have used to determine what is your treasure?
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