What is and where is your treasure?

Mat 6:19-23

19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Food for thought!

In today's gospel Jesus made a statement that deserves our utmost attention. He says, "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." It is as if he said, where your heart is, is where your treasure is! In other words, our treasure is where our heart always is. It means that if you want to know what your treasure is or where your treasure is, observe carefully your heart. Where's your heart? What do you spend most of your time thinking of? What do you think of most? That's is your treasure.

Do you think most of someone? If so, he or she is your treasure. Do you think most of your job, your money, yourself, your prestige, your pet...? Whatever you think of most, that's your treasure. If it is earthly, your treasure is earthly; if it is a thing, your treaure is a thing; if it is the Lord, your treasure is the Lord. If it spiritual, your treasure is spiritual. If it is your business, your treasure is business. If it is your family, your treasure is family. Where your heart is, is where your treasure is also.

Whatever your treasure is, you do well to consider this divine advice: "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."

In other words, let not your treasure be things of God, but the God of things; not the things God made, but the God that made the things; not the creatures but the Creator.

"Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse." (Phil. 4:8).