5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have,
for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
(Hebrews 13:5 ESV)
Long ago Jesus said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21).
It seems to me that our generation has its value system upside down. We are not willing to wait for anything tomorrow; it must be ours today. So much of our time is spent in the pursuit of “things” that we have lost sight of what really counts. It often takes a tragedy to understand this.
There was a story of two friends fishing. When they were fishing on the end of a pier, they noticed smoke coming out of a nearby house. They raced for the humble little cottage but it was too late. Flames were coming out the doors and had turned into a raging inferno. They learned that an oil furnace had exploded, and the house had almost instantly been enveloped in fire.
Outside stood the young father and mother and a little girl of about seven. The mother crying and the dad was wringing his hands as in anguish he cried, “My God, all is lost.” The little girl reached up and took her daddy’s hand saying, “All not lost, Daddy, you got mommy and me!”
Houses can be rebuilt, but relationships endure long after the taste of material success has turned to ashes. What is gone wrong that causes us to place greater value on things than people; that considers gold and glitter more important than love relationship?
Jesus said, “Lay up treasures in heaven…for where your treasure is your heart will be also.” The treasures that really count can’t be measured in gold and silver. Think about it and consider it in your life.
Pastor Gideon