OUR HEARTS WILL FOLLOW WHAT WE TREASURE MOST
Saturday
I attended the funeral service of a friend whose life had given me a lot to
reflect about.
My
friend Vicente was once a businessman who was making good in the currency
exchange business. His life practically revolved around money. He loved the
color of money. He dealt with money everyday.
One
day, criminal elements, attacked him.
They shot him at close range. But he did not die. By God’s grace and mercy, he
survived despite his wounds. While recovering, he did a lot of thinking. He
believed God through this experience was telling him something. It was a wake
up call. He had been too much caught up with his business that he had forgotten about his relationship with Christ, whom he once
received as Lord and Redeemer.
After
complete recovery, he closed his business and decided to spend the rest of his
remaining years in the service of Christ, until the Master called him home. I
remember him telling me that he was once addicted to money, but thanks God, He
changed the addiction to an allergy.
We
get easily caught up in the materialism of this world, before we know it, the
unbridled desire for more and more begin
to dominate our hearts. Everyday, as Christians we face the crucial choice of
setting our minds, on the temporal or the eternal.
The
Lord reminds us, that our hearts will always follow what we treasure most.
He
said, “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. For where your treasure
is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21)
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