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
Clovis Chappell wrote in his book of sermons, Feminine Faces:
“When Pompeii was being excavated, there was found a body that had been embalmed by the ashes of Vesuvius.
“It was that of a woman. Her feet were turned toward the city gate, but her face was turned backward toward something that lay just beyond her outstretched hands.
“The prize for which those frozen fingers were reaching was a bag of pearls. Maybe she herself had dropped them as she was fleeing for her life. Maybe she had found them where they had been dropped by another.
“But, be that as it may, though death was hard at her heels, and life was beckoning to her beyond the city gates, she could not shake off their spell. She had turned to pick them up, with death as her reward.”
As believers, it’s important to ask ourselves, Where is my treasure? Is it here on earth or is it in heaven?
So often, it’s easy for us to focus on the things on earth we think are most important. But God’s Word reminds us that what we so often care most about are things that will be gone tomorrow!
Today, I want to challenge you to be on guard against placing value on the things that won’t last. Instead, pray that the Lord would help you place value on things that will last…like your relationship with Christ and your service for Him.
PRAYER CHALLENGE: Pray as the psalmist did: “Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to Your word” (Psalm 119:37).
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