Wherever Your Treasure Is

October 22, 2015

Wherever Your Treasure Is

Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

Matthew 6:20-21

My first step in seeking the life in Christ as my way of life was to adopt a Christ-like worldview. By worldview, I mean the lens or filter by which I process all of my interactions with the world. Jesus made it abundantly clear that he did nothing on his own accord; everything he said and did was in harmony with his Father’s will for him. For those seeking to be fully devoted followers of Jesus, our worldview can be shaped as we simply begin each day in prayer:

“O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth; I worship Thee. With all angels and saints I adore Thee. I acknowledge Thee to be by Creator and my God. I render Thee the homage of my being and my life. I am not my own, I am Thine. By creation and redemption I am Thine. I will devote myself to Thy divine service this day and forever. O grant me grace for this, dear Lord. Amen” (A Pocket Prayer Book, The Upper Room, 1941. Emphasis mine.)

Jesus said that wherever our treasure is, there the desires of our heart are. Who is my treasure? I have come to the place where I believe I cannot have a treasure greater than the person of Jesus, therefore I want to live in harmony with Saint Paul’s declaration: “Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.  For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory” (Colossians 3:1-4).

“Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.”

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.