Daily Meditation

Mat 6:19,20 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

I wrote this study quite some time back, however, the Holy Spirit is prodding me to break it down into a series of Daily Meditations, and send it out again. This subject is especially pertinent at this particular time in history, as the whole world is in financial trouble.

Now, addressing today’s text, one might reason, "That makes sense, I don’t want someone to steal my money." However, if that’s your reasoning, you missed Jesus’ point. He went on to say, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."(Mat 6:21) Oh; it’s not about whether you keep or lose your money, it’s about where your heart is. Hhmmm!!!

Now, I’ve stated many times that I’m just an old farm boy, and I don’t lay any claim to being very smart. However, even I can figure out that Jesus really didn’t leave anything to be debated, twisted to fit your particular situation, or interpreted. His words were very simple, direct, poignant and easy to understand. The bottom line is, your "treasure" is to be invested in eternity.

Notice that Jesus didn’t shy away from controversy, and He introduced us to using our earthly treasure for eternal purposes. Now, I’m going to attempt to show you how you’re to use your money in agreement with His teachings. As a matter of fact, God’s Word mentions more about money, then Heaven and hell combined! Therefore, understanding the proper use of it, must be important.

If money was an important subject during Jesus’ time, it's also an appropriate subject at a time such as we’re experiencing today. A time when we are spending more money than at any other time in history. A time when our Government just spent almost $800,000,000.00 dollars of taxpayer’s money.

To put all those zeros in perspective, they add up to more than four-hundred-million-dollars per day, since Jesus spoke those words in today’s text! Figure it out for yourself; it’s absolutely staggering! And nobody really knows for sure if all that money will help the economy, mainly because not a single Congresman, nor even our President took time to read the legislation, before they signed it. May God help us for being so stupid!!!

Now this Meditation isn't about politics, but about our responsibility to take care of God's money, and so indeed, this Meditation of how God would have us handle His money, is appropriate. Did you catch the phrase "His money?" I deliberately wrote it that way, because He said, "Every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is Mine, and all its fullness."(Psa 50:10-12)

How much belongs to God? Answer: "The world and all it’s fullness!" Translation: "EVERYTHING!" However, millions are spending "God’s money" on transitory things that will burn out, wear out and often stop working within a week. The plain truth is, today’s society is obsessed with material things.

No, that money in your bank account doesn’t belong to you, it belongs to God! That nice car you’re driving doesn’t belong to you, even if it is paid for, it belongs to God! You home doesn’t belong to you, it belongs to God! That’s what He said!! The truth is that He is gracious enough to let you use all those things, and He expects you to use them wisely!

CONTINUES TOMORROW
Rev. Russ