Treasures here or there

This past Sunday was a good sermon so I feel compelled to write about it. It was about storing up treasures here on earth. It was actually a really good one because I have had the "pleasure" of helping my mom go through all of her things as she prepares to move for the "LAST" time. We both found ourselves asking what attachment is there to this or that item.

The verse the pastor used for this is Matthew 6:19-21 and 24

19"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 24"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

We all have things that we treasure, things that are close to our heart, things that we would go back in a burning building for. But ask yourself how much time are you investing in what you treasure? If you are investing everything in the wrong thing it can turn into a type of addiction/Idolatry, much like Psalms 115:4-8 says:

4 But their idols are silver and gold,
made by the hands of men.

5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but they cannot see;

6 they have ears, but cannot hear,
noses, but they cannot smell;

7 they have hands, but cannot feel,
feet, but they cannot walk;
nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

8 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.

If you are not careful you will become like the things you treasure.

Example:

Love of Money will create greed

Love of Power will create control

Love of appearance will create vanity

Love of approval will create a Chameleon personality, always conforming to please.

We all need to ask what will our legacy be. What will everyone say we treasured most? What did we invest in? Did we do as Acts 20:35 says:

35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

We need to making eternal investments. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be.