“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19–21, NIV 1984).
My Musings – This passage begs the question- which kingdom are we working for? For, “no one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” (Matthew 6:24–25, NIV 1984). Money or material possessions, the treasures on earth. Not that wealth is evil, just don’t “store up” to excess and place your security in what can be destroyed.
And don’t set your affection on these things. “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'” Hebrews 13:4–5, NIV 1984). That is where our affection should lie. For “Godliness with contentment is great gain, [but] the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” (1 Timothy 6:6, 10, NIV 1984).
My Advice – “Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, or wealth lost through some misfortune. As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?” (Ecclesiastes 5:10, 13-14, 16, NIV 1984).
We cannot hold onto the wind, just like we cannot hold onto the riches of this world. So, let’s hold loosely the things we cannot take with us. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” (Jim Elliot). Where is our heart, really? Let’s not play the fool.
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