Meditation
100
Storing Treasure
Some men spend their lives searching
for hidden treasure in the oceans of the world, others search for gold hidden
in the earth, while still others seek to amass wealth by investing. Storing up
wealth for the latter years of your life is advisable but Jesus warned us of
becoming covetousness in Luke 12:15 "And He said to them, “Take heed and beware
of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things
he possesses.” The danger of covetousness, which is an inordinate or excessive
desire, is the coveted object becomes an idol of worship that leads you away
from God. Nevertheless, Jesus did
instruct us to store up treasure.
Matthew 6:19-21 “Do
not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and
where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in
and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
This passage exposes a link between
what you treasure and the focus of your heart. If you treasure money your heart
(your mind) continually focuses on ways
of obtaining more money and money becomes your idol. Whatever you hold in your
mind as treasure becomes and idol to you and draws you away from seeking and
loving God.
Storing up or laying up treasure for
yourselves in heaven is not just about tithing. When Jesus Christ is your
focus, you store up treasures through acts of obedience and acts of love. There
are eternal rewards stored in heaven, for those that feed the hungry, attend
the orphans and widows, cloth the naked, and introduce the lost to the Gospel
of Jesus Christ.
Ending
Thoughts
What do you treasure? What is your
mind continually focused on? If your
treasure is anything or anyone other than Jesus Christ it has become an idol in
your heart. Ask Holy Spirit to reveal anyone or anything that has become an
idol in your heart and remember God is jealous and He will not share your heart
with anyone or anything.
