Right Perspective

Good Morning!

How important are things to you? Now I know we all like nice things – a nice home to live in; a nice car to drive – perhaps two; nice furniture; nice clothes; comfortable surroundings. But what if you lost them all? What if perchance the economy tanked and you were hit by the tank? How important would they be?

I believe our Heavenly Father wants us to have every good gift from above … but I also believe He wants us to keep the gifts in perspective. When the things we have become more important than the God we serve, that is idolatry … and our Heavenly Father doesn’t want that. Here’s what Jesus said about things:

Matthew 6:19-24 (English Standard Version)
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[a] destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 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!
24 "No one can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.[b]
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 6:19 Or worm; also verse 20
b. Matthew 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions

For Jesus, the most important thing we can do is to be obedient to God. God wants us to lay up heavenly treasures … which I believe to be people to whom we have shared Christ. Doing God’s will for our lives should be the focal point … and we should trust God for the rest. And guess what … God will give you what you need … and even more.

Now I am not saying for you to not buy that new Mercedes … if God leads you to do so … but I am saying to not make the Mercedes (or any other thing) more important that God.

Have a blessed day!!!

Agape’

Mr. Jim