where is your treasure?

Hi friends,

As today’s activity is far getting to a close and it would soon be time to rest from the hurdles, troubles and the evils of the day. There is a great need  for us to have a very sober reflection as we ruminate on this issue of treasure.  

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also  Mathew 6:21

Many of us as Christians live our lives as if every other thing is going to start and end here. We expend our whole energy and being chasing money and material acquisition. We steal, cheat, lie and do all sorts of terrible things as long as money will come out from it.

Some of us don’t even mind denying our faith as long as monetary and material gains will follow after. We console ourselves and justify our nailing of Jesus Christ on the cross for a second time with words like ‘God understands’.

Who told you that God understands?

In 1994, I was privileged to listen to a man of God who said he and his family had agreed to give God a higher percentage of his income but when that month was  almost ended, every member of his family had to visit the hospital for treatment.

When it was time to give God what was promised, he called his entire family together and said what he wanted to do but when his daughter asked him ‘does God really understand?’

 His heart was pricked and he did as they had promised God with little or nothing left for the family upkeep. To his amazement, God sent angels to put bundles of money in his drawer the following day. What a generous God we serve!

Where do you keep your treasure as a christian Pilgrim? Where exactly to you store up your harvest after every labour? What exactly is your motivation as you embark on life pursuits? Is it just to acquire everything acquirable and forget the eternal home that Jesus has gone ahead to prepare for us?

Life is too short lived and full of so much uncertainties that it will be penny wise and pound foolish to put you all down here!

Jesus told us that thieves can break in to steal your treasure. Moth can corrupt it and leave you heart broken. Global melt down might even devalue your hard earned treasure if you are not careful.

Where your treasure is, that is where your heart will be also. Lay for yourselves treasure in heaven so that your heart can be heavenward as we journey home holding each other’s hands.

Stay focused on the author and finisher of your faith and be wise!

Your friend and fellow Pilgrim in the Christian Race,

Pastor Janet