“Where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21)
• What do you most want to be investing your life in?
• What are you actually investing it in?
Our honest answer to these
questions may surprise us. Often we
think that our treasure (our time, talents, energy, and money) follows our
hearts and passions. But in the scripture
above, Jesus suggested just the opposite – that whatever and wherever we invest
our treasure, our hearts will follow after that.
It’s no wonder, then, that many of
us feel a sense of tension about our lives and our finances. We want to give our lives to our church, our
family, our God. Instead, our hearts follow our debts, our bills, our jobs, and
often we don’t even realize it. We are left feeling stretched, conflicted, and
empty.
What we often fail to consider is
how much our view and use of treasure affects our heart. It’s true that “treasure” involves more than money. But money IS a big part of the problem in
many of our lives. Whether we’re in
plenty or in want, money has a direct connection to our stress level, our
anxiety, and the health of our relationships.
It’s no wonder, then, that Jesus
talked about the relationship between our treasure and our hearts. And because
he cared so much about our hearts, he therefore talked
about what we do with our treasure.
Each Sunday October 8-29 in a new series called “TREASURE,” we’ll explore Jesus’ teachings
about treasure found in the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew 6. We’ll consider how financial challenges in
our personal lives affect our relationships both with people and with God.
We’ll see how giving helps to determine the way we feel and act. Most
importantly, we’ll discover how we can experience the power found in making God
our ultimate treasure through our living
and giving.
Then at all three worship services
on October 29 (“Celebration/Commitment
Sunday”), we’ll have the chance to begin to make personal investments of our
treasure in God through our church in the coming year through the sharing of
either a physical or online commitment.
At the end of these four weeks, it’s
my prayer that we’ll all have a better awareness not only of what we
invest our lives in, but also of how we can do a better job making God
our ultimate treasure through our living and giving. Always remember that God loves you and I do,
too!
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