WHERE IS YOUR TREASURE?
Matthew 6:19-21
Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through
and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also
The above three verses generated the following questions in
my mind, which I recorded as they popped into my head, so please forgive the
random nature of the rambling below:
Treasures in Heaven.
Treasures on Earth. Where is your
treasure? Where is your heart?
Are you laying up treasure in Heaven? Are you laying up treasure on Earth?
Rust corrodes metal.
Moths eat up cloths. Rust cannot
hurt treasures in heaven. Rust corrodes
and destroys treasures on Earth. Moths
cannot hurt treasures in heaven. Moths
eats up treasures on Earth.
How do you lay up treasures on Earth? How do you lay up treasures in heaven? Can you lay up treasures in both places? That is, can you lay up some treasures on
earth while at the same time lay up some treasures in heaven? Why does the scripture say, speaking through
Jesus Christ, lay not up treasures on earth?
Why does the scripture say, speaking through Jesus Christ lay up treasures in heaven? Can you name some earthly treasures? Can you name some heavenly treasures? How much treasure can you lay up on
earth? How much treasure can you lay up
in heaven? Where is heaven? Where is earth? How do you get to heaven? Are you going to heaven? How much treasure do you think that you have
in heaven? How much treasure do you have
on earth? Will you ever have to say
goodbye to earthly treasures? Will you
ever have to say good bye to heavenly treasures? How much treasure do you want to have in
heaven? How much treasure do you want to
have on earth? Will it please God if you
have no treasure in heaven? Will it
please God if you have no treasure on earth?
Will it please God if you have treasure in heaven? Will it please God if you have treasure on
earth? Will it please God if you have
some treasure on earth, and, at the same time, some treasure in heaven? How much treasure do you want to have in
heaven? How much treasure do you want to
have on earth?
What are our treasures in heaven? In my humble opinion the following three
things:
1. Our Christian character. We develop Christian characteristics, by turning our life over to
Jesus. That is how we become Godly.
2. Lead souls to Christ,
investing in the lives of other people.
How many people will be in heaven because of your influence?
3. The money you
spend on Christian work, or to help people in some way, either physically, or
spiritually.
I learned about the above (treasures in heaven), partly from
past study and experience, but also, today I listened to an audio stream of a
commentary on Matthew 6: 19-21 from the following web site:
The above commentary, and a vast amount of other study
helps, Bible translations, and Christian Strengthening can be found at
BlueLetterBible.org:
Daily Bible
Reading and Study Report
SEPTEMBER/29/2013
READ:
1 Chronicles
12
Ezekiel
Chapter 25
Luke Chapter
22
Bible
Study: 30 minutes
Daily Prayer Report
SEPTEMBER/29/2013
Evening
Prayer: 15 minutes
Morning
Prayer: 30 minutes
Noon
Prayer: 15 minutes
(DEER)
Daily Exercise Report
SEPTEMBER/29/2013
Pull Ups - 20
Crunches - 100
Ab Work
(Crunches, leg lifts, bicycling legs) - 4 minutes
Push Ups - 68
PRAYER
Lord, BLESS ME,
so that I live wisely. I want to store
up treasures in Heaven, so that when I get there, you can say to me, "well
done, good and faithful servant".
Help me, Lord. In Jesus Name,
Amen.
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