Treasure!

Treasure!

Matthew 6:21 AMPC

[21] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The context of the verse above is the Sermon on the Mount, the first one that Jesus preached as He began His public ministry. He touched on a lot of issues that relate to us today, and that is just one of the amazing ways the Word of God continues to impact our daily lives. These words were pronounced centuries ago, and written down by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit centuries ago, and till today, they continue to encourage, teach and inspire men to seek after God and His will down here on earth, as they prepare for eternal life with Him too. It is critical that I also learn from the men and women of old, who took God at His Word and allowed the Word into their lives to change them from within, so they could impact their world from without. It is still the same God, the same world, with its sinful nature, the same Word too. 

Whatever were the issues that the verse above addressed at the time are still relevant to us today, and we will do well to consider these, take note of the admonition of Jesus here and be guided in our actions, reactions, pursuits and priorities. Man, by nature, loves to have and own things. We acquire things that excite us, and sometimes, things that could kill us if not controlled. The human nature, tainted by sin, can never be satisfied, and will keep going in that nature until it is destroyed. This is why the human nature is not the best measure for what is important or eternally relevant. As I read the verses just before the one above, I realise that the issues of life then are still the issues of life today. Man has the breath of God in him, and wants to be relevant eternally. The problem is that without God, he does not know the right order of things. 

If God is not allowed to rule and reign in a man's heart, that man is not able to get his priorities right. If all that i am concerned about is the earthly, because it is all I know, all that I do will be in pursuit of the things that are relevant to the earthly. It takes a man who knows the value of the eternal to work toward the eternal. He keeps an eye on being relevant down here, but he is also conscious of the need to be relevant in eternity, because that is what really matters at the end of the day. For all who know the value of the eternal, you do all you can to lay up treasure for yourself there. If I find myself just focused on what I can get down here, I run the risk of losing out in eternity. I have to make sure that my heart is right, focused on the right, and is laying up the right things. The world and all its desires and bestowments will pass away, and only that which is eternal will last forever. Which one is your focus? God's time of favour is here.