(Day 28)
Wealth is one of the main motivators
in the world. Many people live to attain wealth. The main reason is the
assurance that money provides security. Most people put their trust in it,
because they think that money can buy anything. This is a prevalent thought
that has infiltrated into the church, but it certainly doesn’t come from God.
In the Kingdom of
God
(Matthew 6:19-21) 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.
Where is our heart? What things do we
regard as important in our lives? Where do we invest most of our time and
attention? The answers we give to these questions will reveal which is our
treasure.
The Lord encourages us to invest our
time and resources into that which is eternal. That which is transient will be
ruined and fade away, but that which is eternal will last forever.
THE LIGHT OF THE EYE
When referring to the treasures of
the heart, Jesus gave the following message:
(Matthew 6:22-23) The eye is the lamp of the
body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if
your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in
you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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| Light of the Eye |
What is the relation between the
message of the treasure of the heart and the eye being the lamp of the body? At
plain sight it does not seem to have any relation whatsoever. But Jesus did not
mention this by chance or by mistake. Just as we put our heart where our
treasure is, we also put our sight on that which we consider important.
(2 Corinthians 4:16-18) So we do not lose heart.
Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by
day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight
of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but
to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but
the things that are unseen are eternal.
What are we looking at, both
physically and spiritually? If we have our eyes set on that which is good, we
will have light. But if our eyes are set on that which is evil, our life will
be filled with darkness.
(Ephesians 5:5-13) For you may be sure of this,
that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is,
an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one
deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God
comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with
them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good
and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no
part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is
shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything
is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible
is light.
PRAYER
Lord, I don’t want to set my heart on
the things of this world. I want to lay up for myself treasures in Heaven, where
they will last forever. I don’t want to be guided by my eyes or the desires of
this world anymore. Instead, I want to set my eyes on what is important and
eternal – in Your Light and Your Truth.
Lord, I no longer want to walk as the
Gentiles, in the futility of their minds, darkened in their understanding,
alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to
the hardness of heart. Instead, I want to set my mind on things that are above,
in the treasures of the Kingdom
of Heaven
[Matthew 6:19-21; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18;
Ephesians 4:17-18; Col
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