Matthew 6:19-21 - Where your treasure is

6:19-21

Man in his rebellious state is here and now focused, earthly focused. This can apply most obviously with money. Money is very powerful. In itself it is neither good nor bad, but it reflects what is in our hearts, and it can affect what goes on in our hearts. Our natural tendency is to store up treasures here on earth, but these are subject to decay and all sorts of disasters. They can be gone in an instant. Instead we are to be heavenly minded. This does not mean being other worldly in the sense of being clueless, or totally divorced from the world. When we give, be it to the church, or to various good causes, we are acting in a heavenly minded manner (as long as we are not doing it for show!). It means we are trusting in God, that we are concerned about His purposes. The result is that our characters will be formed to be more Christlike, and nothing can take that away, it is absolutely secure. Where our treasure is, our hearts will be also. If we store up treasures on earth money will tend to corrupt, if we store up treasures in heaven, our characters will be molded to be like Christ.