Matthew 6:19-24
Treasures in Heaven
19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Jesus' Words and Teachings as He dwelt on earth centered His Life and Teachings to follow God and to live a God centered life...This was a common and regularly teaching in His ministry...He teaches us with Great Hope and Inspiration...When we are filled with the Light, we have this Great Hope and Inspiration...
When Jesus was teaching about the Great Treasures of Heaven, he compares them to the treasures of money and material things on earth...Things that can be taken away from us...He teaches us that we should not store up material things or treasures on earth, where moths and vermin can destroy them, and where thieves can break in and steal them...But we are to store those things which are Treasures in Heaven, those things of God and Faith, where moths and vermin cannot destroy, and where thieves cannot break in and steal...No one can take these Treasures ever away from us...These are the Eternal Treasures...For where our real and sincere treasure is, is where your heart will also be...Our eyes are the lamp of our body...If our eyes are healthy, our whole body will be full of Light...Our Light is the Spiritual Center of our heart and soul...Jesus is this Light...But if our eyes are unhealthy, our whole body will be full of darkness...If the light within us is only darkness, how great is that darkness!...If our heart and soul is full of this darkness, then our whole lives will be full of darkness and bad choices...We will be unable to see the Truth of God and the Truth of God's Word, and unable to see the Light...Not knowing the Truth, we will make bad decisions in life, and we will live in sin...No one can serve two different masters...Let us serve the Light... In Jesus is Life, the Way, and the Truth...He is the Light of all mankind....The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never overcome it...Either we will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other...We cannot serve both God and money...
Let us try not to live for money and fame...But let us be like Jesus...In all His Teachings were of hope and inspiration...His teachings were not of money or fame or searching for money and fame...He thought little of money or fame...He does not see money and fame as success...He came to serve us and wants us to serve and help others...
Jesus inspires us, and this is what draws people to Him...He drew great crowds of people because of His hope and inspiration...People came to Him because He touched their hearts and their souls...And because He touched their hearts and souls, He changed them...Like the Samaritan woman at the well, who was an outcast...Like the woman who just wanted to touch the hem of His garment to be healed...Like the Canaanite woman who wanted Him to heal her daughter...Like the anointing woman, who wanted forgiveness...He gave them Great Hope and Great Inspiration...Long for Him to change your heart and your soul to see His Light...A changed heart with Him as your Master is an Abundant Life...