Where’s Your Treasure?
“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.”
— Matthew 6:19-21
What’s your treasure? What do you value above all else? Think eternal vs earthly. Nothing should be placed above stewarding and cultivating your relationship with God. As you remain in Him, all other good fruit will naturally be produced (John 15:1).
Time moves quickly and life is busy. We all have things vying to be our number one priority and the apple of our eye. It could be material things like a luxurious home or a new car, designer clothes and jewelry. It could even be your career goals, money, or relationships. We all have dreams, some of which God has given us to fulfill, but have they become all consuming? Deep desires of the heart, excessive entertainment, and personal ambition can take up so much space that we lose sight of God.
These things are not bad in of themselves. The problem is when God gets placed on the back burner because we are more in love with everything else, driven by the pursuit, and enamored with the beauty. We become distracted and disengaged. You can’t effectively walk with God from a distance. Relationship requires the availability of your heart.
When your attention is divided, so is your heart. When earthly things become your treasure, then our heart is no longer with God, and it’s often so subtle that you aren’t immediately aware of it. Moth, rust, and thieves breaking in and stealing speaks to how temporary material items and intangible things are. They are not eternal. While they’re nice to have for a while, we don’t need them in the grand scheme of eternity. All we’ll need is Jesus. Our relationship with Him will outlive everything on this side of Heaven. Let’s realign with Matthew 6. Don’t give earthly things eternal value. All things have their proper place.
