Our Eternal Home, Part 2

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (vs. 21). There is a familiar saying which states that “although we are in the world, we are not of the world.” That thought is exemplified in Paul’s teaching that our true citizenship is in heaven.

Making such truths a practical and natural part of our daily lives on planet earth does present some measure of difficulty. There are those who take this thought to its opposite extreme and are fearful of becoming too heavenly minded to be of any earthly value (although few there are who run such risk!).

I quickly determine my citizenship by checking in which direction my affections lie. Someone has said, “I become like what I focus on the most.” The question is: “What holds the focus of your attention and affection?”

Later on in the sixth chapter of Matthew, Jesus touches one of the most sensitive areas of human awareness - anxiety. He was divinely aware of the weight of anxiety which we bear as a result of our humanity, and His mandate for a powerful defense was simple trust and faith in God.

Maybe it’s time to refocus your attention on what is eternal, “for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

Believers differ from unbelievers in that they have a different eternal destiny.