Heavenly Treasure
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Where do you place your trust? Where do you find security? What do you value? Do you trust your treasure more than you trust God? Is your security in your possessions or in the one who possesses you?
It is easy to place our trust in our possessions and in our earthly treasures. We can find security in our financial securities. However, our belongings and financial stability can disappear in an instant. We cannot put our eternal trust in our temporary treasure.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21, ESV).
Jesus promises us that our heavenly treasure is permanent and will not fade or be taken away. Our treasure is best placed in Jesus, who is of infinite value, and who treasures us and gives us all we need.
May we place trust in Jesus and lay up our treasure in heaven, and may we find our hearts secure in our heavenly home with him.
A Prayer in times of Social Conflict or Unrest: “Increase, O God, the spirit of neighborliness among us, that in peril we may uphold one another, in suffering tend to one another, and in homelessness, loneliness, or exile befriend one another. Grant us brave and enduring hearts that we may strengthen one another, until the disciplines and testing of these days are ended, and you again give peace in our time; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (#44, Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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