Treasures

Today's Daily Soap {Scripture | Observation | Application | Prayer}

• S: Ecclesiastes 2:17-26, Matthew 6:19-21, Luke 12:22-32
  
• O: Treasures on earth are fleeting. You can't take it with you.
  
• A: The Bible says that where you treasure is, there your heart is also. Modern society has us trapped into a hectic work schedule. Whether you're trying to build up wealth, or just trying to make ends meet, you probably spend more time working for a wage than you do with your family. It is the curse of modern society. But it is a curse we have put on ourselves. Jesus said, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal." He told his disciples, "do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes." We must remember that there is so much more to life than work and wealth. "A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work." All of the wealth that we store up on earth, though it might make our time on this planet seem a little better, is meaningless. For getting caught up in building riches on earth is merely a distraction from building those riches where they will really pay off -- in Eternity. My wife and I, like most couples raising children, frequently find ourselves wanting for more money, to buy this or that, to do this or that. Usually not for things that we simply cannot do without. Usually it's for the wants in life, not the needs. Jesus tells us to "seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to [us] as well." God provides for His children. We cannot take with us the physical wealth of this world. But the spiritual treasures that God wants us to build will determine where we spend Eternity. Where do you store your treasures?
  
• P: God, help me to keep perspective when it comes to building riches on earth. While wealth can seem to make life on earth so much easier, it can just as easily bring difficulty to those who are not good stewards of what they have been given. You have always provided the necessities for us. Help me to remember that, and to be a good steward of all that You have given me in this world, so that I can focus on storing up my treasures in Heaven.
  

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