*My Treasure In Heaven*
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. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. – (Matthew 6:19-21)
Father, I am so tempted to trust in what I can see, touch, and handle. I’m tempted to clutch tightly to my earthly treasures, to foolishly cling to the things that can so quickly be destroyed. I’m tempted to find my security and identity in things that can vanish in an instant. Forgive me for trying to hoard earthly treasures. Forgive me for giving my attention to trinkets instead of precious, delightful, heavenly rewards. Clear away the fog so that I can see and pursue the things that will truly matter in eternity. Let the things of this world grow strangely dim in the light of your glory and grace.
Help me to be thoroughly heavenly minded. Firmly fix my gaze on the day when all earthly things will be stripped away, and only what has been done for Christ will remain. Help me to long for that day, and to order my few days on this earth in light of that glorious coming day. My passion for you is often choked out by the worries of this world and the love of things. Holy Spirit, come and destroy the thorns that choke out my love for God and my zeal for eternity. Sever the sins that cling so tightly. Make me so heavenly minded that I am of great value here on this earth. Let my longing for heaven fuel my pursuit of righteousness here on this earth. Help me to remember that this life is a vapor, a few short days, and that only what is done for Christ will last.
I want to store up great piles of heavenly treasures -‐ treasures that can’t be touched by rust, moths, or thieves. I want to invest my passion in eternity, not the things of this world. Help me to count the treasures of earth as nothing more than dung compared to the great treasures of knowing, loving, following, and obeying Jesus Christ. Give me an earthly contentment and a heavenly restlessness -‐ a deep contentment with what I have on earth, and a great restlessness to attain great rewards in heaven.