Where are Your Treasures?

I am amazed that we are so wrapped up in this world.  So much so that we worry about it.  We fret over the years to come that we are not able to control.  We worry about the future here and what will be left.  We are concerned with the here and now and the things we want to do.

Don't get me wrong, proper planning is a good thing for our future in living on this rock that is spinning and flying through space through the grace of God.  We need to look to care for ourselves and nature without just dumping everything and not doing anything.  But worrying?  Please folks!  Wake up!

"This world is not my home, I'm just a passing thru.  My treasures are laid up some where beyond the blue; The angels beckon me from heaven's open door, And I can't feel at home in this world anymore."

Don't you think its time to believe this song and the scripture of Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV) “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."


I believe it to be time to stop and realize that our treasures are truly in heaven and that is what our focus in this world needs to be about.  Not what we have, but what we are living toward.

I'll see you later.

Change

Somethings never change.

"What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun." Ecclesiastes 1:9

Change for the sake of change is usually a preemptive strike against the things that haven't changed in a while.  Change in worship styles is one of the things I have seen over the last few years.  I am amazed at our thinking that change is the answer.  It is!  What needs to change is not necessarily our worship style but our hearts about worship.

We need to begin to realize that when we come together to worship it is about God and not us.  We are not the recipients, nor should we be, of the blessings that come from worship.  We are blessed because we have worshipped and honored our God and Father.  God should  be the center of our worship and the blessing we should receive come from understanding that we are there to worship Him, praise Him, and honor Him above all else.

Can I receive a blessing by worshipping?  Absolutely!  But, when my worship focus is on how worship affects me, then we are wrong.  We are always going to be affected by what we do, but the focus of our spiritual worship as a church family should always be to promote our thankfulness, love and devotion to our God for the gift of salvation that He poured out on us through His son.

It is time for us to change our focus and look to God the inventor and perfecter of our faith.

I'll see you later.