The Bible states that where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Have you checked where your treasure is lately? Does your treasure lay behind the wheel of a brand new Lexus or maybe that house right next to the beach? What about that job that you are going to school for or even your boyfriend/girlfriend? Is it safe to say that your treasure is not stored in Heaven? Are you longing to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? The old adage that "the one that dies with the most toys wins" is a bit hard for me to grasp because 1. He still dies and 2. it is simple reality that you can't take anything with you to the grave. 1 Timothy 6:7 "for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world". So what's with the worthless pursuits of meaningless possessions?
Our world has become consumed with selfishness, greed, pride, disobedience, abuse and pleasure to name a few. I believe that it is safe to say we all, myself included; can be categorized in what the Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3. Verses 1-5 "But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power".
We all need a check-up every now and than. Where does your treasure lie? What is it that your heart longs for? Is your life check listed in 2 Timothy 3?
Jesus Christ has a life worth far more than we can all imagine, far greater than the worthless possessions we exhaust ourselves after. 2 Timothy 2:22 "Flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart". In a world the same lets be the different.
-Charlie Alvarez
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