Where are our treasures?

So I've been doing some thinking about the condition of the church in America lately. A few weeks ago my pastor did a sermon about how the Church is America is naked (and we don't even know it-ouch!)


My thoughts are that, we want so much to appeal to everyone that we have watered down our faith and compromised on so many levels. We have failed to let people know that there is cost for following Christ-we have failed to count the cost for ourselves.  Instead we tell people to come and God will make them rich. Well, He will, but not in the way that we have insisted. There are many faithful who are blessed financially, but those are not the treasures we need to pursue. Matthew 6:19-20 says not to store up treasures on earth, but instead to store up treasures in Heaven. If we trust Him God gives us what we need in order that His purposes might be fulfilled in us.


If we have embarked on this journey with the Lord, He will provide everything we need for His will to be done. We don't have to worry about all these financial and other things (reputation, success, or even goals and dreams) that so many (including some Christians) are so focused on. Instead our focus should be on Christ-our relationship with Him and sharing His love with those around us. He will give us all we need to do this.


We want so much to cling to all these things and to Jesus. Well, have you tried to hold onto to too many things at once-you end up dropping it all. Let the rest go and cling only to Jesus who will give you all you need. If you continue to hang onto all these other things you will end up with nothing.

Look at Joseph who was enslaved and imprisoned, yet kept his eyes on God, whose plan was more than he had even dreamed.


I leave you now with the verse below and with encouragement to cling only to Jesus and trust Him to bring forth His purposes for you.


"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight" Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)