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I think anyone that has been a Christian for any length of time has prayed to God and asked for some kind of supernatural infusion of love. We have all prayed to feel some love for someone who needs it while doing everything in their power to be unlovable. Jesus talked of loving our enemies, and he wasn’t talking about people we disagree with on Twitter, he was talking about real enemies that have done real harm.
Many years ago now, I was praying just such a prayer. I was feeling cold to the needs of others and I wanted God to give me different feelings. I wanted to care more, I wanted to be moved by deep feelings rather than pragmatism. As I was praying this halfhearted prayer, motivated more by wishful thinking than anything else, something surprising happened. God answered me. And His answer surprised me even more than the fact that He answered me. He reminded me of the last line of this passage.
“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.
[Matt 6:19-21 ESV]
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At first it seemed irrelevant. Then the lights began to flicker on for me, I realized that treasure does not have to be money. Treasure is anything I value, and for me that is my time and my energy as much as it is money. I realized at that moment that love is an action, it is a commitment to the well being of another.
Feelings don’t lead us they follow our love, and love is benefiting others at our expense.
My heart will follow my investment. My will never strays far from the things I value and the things I value are the things I invest in. God was showing me a kingdom principle with this lesson. We often ask for the abundance before we share, when Jesus teaches us to first share, then we will never run out. I wanted God to give me feelings for people, thinking that when I had those my actions would follow. But Jesus told me to love first, to give first, and my feelings would follow my treasure.
This week let’s encourage each other investing our treasure in other people. The banks, as we have seen once again, are nothing like an eternal storehouse for our treasures they pass away like everything else on this earth. The kingdom of God is people. To invest in them this week is to put our treasure into an investment with true eternal value.
Have a great week!
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By Tom PossinI think anyone that has been a Christian for any length of time has prayed to God and asked for some kind of supernatural infusion of love. We have all prayed to feel some love for someone who needs it while doing everything in their power to be unlovable. Jesus talked of loving our enemies, and he wasn’t talking about people we disagree with on Twitter, he was talking about real enemies that have done real harm.
Many years ago now, I was praying just such a prayer. I was feeling cold to the needs of others and I wanted God to give me different feelings. I wanted to care more, I wanted to be moved by deep feelings rather than pragmatism. As I was praying this halfhearted prayer, motivated more by wishful thinking than anything else, something surprising happened. God answered me. And His answer surprised me even more than the fact that He answered me. He reminded me of the last line of this passage.
“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.
[Matt 6:19-21 ESV]
Get full access to On walking the Way at tompossin.substack.com/subscribe
At first it seemed irrelevant. Then the lights began to flicker on for me, I realized that treasure does not have to be money. Treasure is anything I value, and for me that is my time and my energy as much as it is money. I realized at that moment that love is an action, it is a commitment to the well being of another.
Feelings don’t lead us they follow our love, and love is benefiting others at our expense.
My heart will follow my investment. My will never strays far from the things I value and the things I value are the things I invest in. God was showing me a kingdom principle with this lesson. We often ask for the abundance before we share, when Jesus teaches us to first share, then we will never run out. I wanted God to give me feelings for people, thinking that when I had those my actions would follow. But Jesus told me to love first, to give first, and my feelings would follow my treasure.
This week let’s encourage each other investing our treasure in other people. The banks, as we have seen once again, are nothing like an eternal storehouse for our treasures they pass away like everything else on this earth. The kingdom of God is people. To invest in them this week is to put our treasure into an investment with true eternal value.
Have a great week!
Get full access to On walking the Way at tompossin.substack.com/subscribe