Last week, one of my close friend’s house got broken into while he and his wife were out. The thief came in and ransacked their house and searched for valuable belongings. Among other belongings, they lost two pricey cameras, one was an expensive DSLR.
I got the SMS from another friend saying that this person’s house got robbed and I was so shocked. I quickly called him up, thinking that he and his wife was hurt or something. Thank God they were alright. I was so sad when he told me that his DSLR Camera is now gone. A shutterbug myself, I felt the pain of losing something valuable.
As I was thinking about what I would feel if the same thing happened to me. This verse came into my mind, one verse that I have put into memory and heart.
Luke 12:33-36
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
What a silly thing to do I thought. We are living in this world but God talks of an unseen world where we are suppose to store up our treasures in. How is this possible? Then I realized again that this world we are living in is just a temporary place, a transit, where we wait for the train that heads to heaven (or hell).
So then what is this treasure that God has in store for us in heaven? This I will not fully know. But what I know is that God is having rewards waiting for us up in heaven. For every good deed done without a wrong motive or wrong heart, God puts a little something in our waiting mansion.
It is so good to know that our treasure in heaven is unlike earth’s. Ours do not get exhausted and no thieves will be able to steal and no moths will be able to destroy.
The last line never fails to strike me. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Wow! Strong. It is so true.
If our treasures are on earth, who then are willing to leave this earth? Our heart will be on earth and our longing is to stay longer and enjoy what we have gathered for ourselves. Many Christians who are extremely blessed with wealth and treasures will never understand what following Jesus means. People of other religions see no point in having God in their lives because they are so self-sustaining and they do not need any help (or so they think).
Also note that I am not against wealthy people. I am sharing about the differences between earthly and heavenly riches.
Isn’t it true? Will a man who finds comfort in the things he has leave everything and do what God wants when God calls? Will he be able to adjust to a new and less uncomfortable life? Will he be able to do more than people who has their heart on their treasures above?
If you know your treasures are in heaven and your heart is there also, you will be more effective in the Kingdom of God.
I got the SMS from another friend saying that this person’s house got robbed and I was so shocked. I quickly called him up, thinking that he and his wife was hurt or something. Thank God they were alright. I was so sad when he told me that his DSLR Camera is now gone. A shutterbug myself, I felt the pain of losing something valuable.
As I was thinking about what I would feel if the same thing happened to me. This verse came into my mind, one verse that I have put into memory and heart.
Luke 12:33-36
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
What a silly thing to do I thought. We are living in this world but God talks of an unseen world where we are suppose to store up our treasures in. How is this possible? Then I realized again that this world we are living in is just a temporary place, a transit, where we wait for the train that heads to heaven (or hell).
So then what is this treasure that God has in store for us in heaven? This I will not fully know. But what I know is that God is having rewards waiting for us up in heaven. For every good deed done without a wrong motive or wrong heart, God puts a little something in our waiting mansion.
It is so good to know that our treasure in heaven is unlike earth’s. Ours do not get exhausted and no thieves will be able to steal and no moths will be able to destroy.
The last line never fails to strike me. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Wow! Strong. It is so true.
If our treasures are on earth, who then are willing to leave this earth? Our heart will be on earth and our longing is to stay longer and enjoy what we have gathered for ourselves. Many Christians who are extremely blessed with wealth and treasures will never understand what following Jesus means. People of other religions see no point in having God in their lives because they are so self-sustaining and they do not need any help (or so they think).
Also note that I am not against wealthy people. I am sharing about the differences between earthly and heavenly riches.
Isn’t it true? Will a man who finds comfort in the things he has leave everything and do what God wants when God calls? Will he be able to adjust to a new and less uncomfortable life? Will he be able to do more than people who has their heart on their treasures above?
If you know your treasures are in heaven and your heart is there also, you will be more effective in the Kingdom of God.
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