WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS – Friday December 23rd
2016
Memorise: For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21
Read: Matthew 6:19-21 (KJV)
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Bible in one year: Leviticus
20:1-22:16, Psalms 131-132
MESSAGE
Treasures
are highly valued objects or accumulated riches. Physical treasure has at best
only short-term benefits and is capable of opening up the owner to various
physical and spiritual dangers. However, spiritual treasure is of eternal value
and comes from knowing and serving God. The Bible encourages Christians to save
for the future and expects good parents to keep an inheritance for their
children. It is also desirable to invest wisely. By the special grace of God,
these processes could lead to a huge accumulation of wealth. The focus however
is not the wealth but the mindset and attitude of the owner. Matthew 6:20
says,
“But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal:”
The
problem is that wealthy people are familiar with how to make earthly investment
and acquire earthy treasures, but only a few of them have the understanding of
what it means to lay-up treasures in Heaven or how to go about it. Open Heavens
Friday 23 December 2016:- where your treasure is. The Bible recorded an
encounter between Jesus and a very rich ruler with a similar challenge in Luke 18:15-25. Luke 18:22
says,
“Now when Jesus heard these
things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast,
and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven….”
The
solution that Jesus offered is simple, if you want to have treasures in Heaven
and you have earthly wealth, sow a bulk of it into the lives of the poor. If
you go the extra mile to enrich the poor, you will have treasures in Heaven.
Your wealth or possessions on their own are worth nothing to God, except they
are converted into something of value that promotes the work of God, or affects
the lives of others for good. If you use your wealth to promote the gospel or
you meet needs with it, you will reap the harvests in Heaven because the
principle of sowing and reaping applies there. 23 December 2016 open heavens. Way
to be rich in Heaven is to be rich in good works (1st Timothy 6:16).
Use your wealth to better other people’s life, no rich Christian Brother or
Sister has a reason to be poor in Heaven. No poor believer should also be poor
in Heaven. You are the one to take the decision that will positively impact
your eternity. Invest in the work of God by promoting the Gospel and sow
bountifully into the lives of the poor.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me lay up
heavenly treasure more than earthly treasure.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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