Mat_6:21 For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Mat_19:21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and
give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow
me.
Where is your
treasure? I've asked this before in other studies, but it bears asking again-
constantly. Most people know their net worth- they know how much money they
have, how much property they possess, what their assets are and they can tell
you all about it. People generally know the things they possess and could list
them. Here in the United States we are required to file income tax and that
right there allows us yearly to know what we are worth in monetary terms. If we know what treasures we possess here on
earth, we know whether or not we've committed them all to heaven for God's use,
or if we've selfishly left God out of that part of our life altogether choosing
to keep our financial business and religious business separate. If we keep them separate though- doesn't that
mean our financial treasures/assets are all kept here on earth and not in
heaven? We aren't to lay treasures up here on earth but we do so all the time,
forgetting they can be stripped from us at any moment.
Are we truly laying
our treasures up in heaven?
*Excerpt-
'In both his walk
and work, heavenly attraction should always be greater than earthly
gravitation.
The child of God
should learn to live for the Lord’s service, but even more so for the Lord’s
receiving him.
May our spirit be uplifted daily, looking for
the return of the Lord. May the things of this world so lose their power over
us that we do not in the slightest wish to be “worldly”; nay, we even delight
in not remaining “in the world.”
May our spirit daily
ascend… May we so seek the things above that not even the best work on earth
can distract our hearts. May we henceforth pray in spirit and with
understanding, “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev. 22.20) ' The Spiritual Man- By Watchman Nee
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