Beware of Myopia

Week 8, Day 2 Reading: Matthew 6:1-34

Matthew 6:19-21  “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."

Jesus makes it clear in these verses that all of us have a HUGE choice to make. We can either choose to live for this world or we can choose to live for the next. And even though it might seem to make the most sense to live for the here and now ("A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush") - Jesus states in no uncertain terms that nothing could be further from the truth. "Go ahead," he says, "Store up treasures here on earth ... but they won't last. They will rust away or be stolen away ("Here today, gone tomorrow!"). But," Jesus continues, "Invest in heaven and the profits you will reap (and make no doubt ... you will reap) are out of this world!"  

So if this is true ... why do we go so hard after the stuff of this world while giving little thought to our eternal home? It's because we all suffer from myopia ("near-sightedness"). All we can see is what is right in front of us. Eternity? Too far away to see ... let alone think about. Friends -- let's correct our poor vision and see reality for what it is ... a short prelude (this life) followed by the main event (eternity). Such right thinking will change the way we live in this life ... for the better! 

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pj