Mathew 6:19-24
Treasures in Heaven
19"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eyes are bad, 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 he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
What are the Real Treasures in life?...
Jesus teaches us that material possessions can get in our way of loving God...If we are more focused on accumulating material possessions on earth it can become a roadblock to heaven...
Treasures can be two houses, three cars, our jobs (working all the time), anything that takes our focus off of our Father and puts it (our focus) on something else...Jesus tells us these things will rust, fade and not last...
These are very hard words to follow...The wealthy accumulate things and look for times for pleasure and comfort...The poor seek these things and can worry about not having enough for their family...Some of us work hard to accumulate more than what we currently have...Jesus wants us to have our basic needs fulfilled, but when we go beyond what we need with additional material things, our lives and our focus can become complicated and cause a roadblock or speed bump in our relationship with God...This balance, of what we actually need and continue to want, needs to be constantly looked at and examined...Jesus tells us very plainly, look at it, but God is what's important...
Jesus, of course, looked at the whole world...Many people around our world is poor and hungry...He said we will always have the poor...He stressed giving to the needy...His focus was always on God and others...If we were less centered on ourselves and centered on God and others we would be working for and helping others, after our basic needs are met...C. S. Lewis, in his writings, brings up this idea about work, and who and what we are working for...
No one can serve two masters, we cannot serve both God and money...When we start worrying about things beyond our basic needs then we must pause and think about God and what Jesus meant when He said these things...
In our second commandment God tells us we shall not have idols in any form...God requires our whole heart...We cannot serve two top priorities, one will suffer...God and Jesus make it clear about what the top priority should be...