WHERE IS YOUR HEART?

WHERE IS YOUR HEART!

Matt 6:19-21

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

           While preparing to speak at a ladies’ banquet, my wife used the above portion of Scripture as the foundation of a talk called “Treasures of the Heart.” The word treasure, in verse 13, is translated from two Greek words. The word ho which is actually a definite article like “this” or “that” and the word thesauros which means “a deposit.” Jesus argued that wherever you find your deposit you would also find your heart.

           The body of David Livingstone was buried in England where he was born, but his heart was buried under a “mpundu’ tree in the Africa he loved. At the foot of a tall tree in a small African village the natives dug a hole and placed in it the heart of this man who they loved and respected. If your heart were to be buried in the place you loved most during life, where would it be? In your pocketbook? In an appropriate space down at the office? Where is your heart?

Dear Lord, you are my great treasure! Let my heart be buried at the foot of the cross. AMEN