Where is Your Treasure?

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

-Matthew 6:21

As I dig deeper into God's word, I can't help but do some self-examination because I want my life, my thoughts, my actions, my words and everything else to be pleasing to God. So many times I fall short because there are numerous things in life that are vying for my attention and pull me away from God. We have to constantly ask ourselves:

Where is my heart?

Do I have an eternal perspective or am I investing in the here and now?

Proverbs 4:23 tells us that a person's life is a reflection of his heart ("Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life"). This word picture is clear: the heart is a well from which all of life's issues flood from. Be real with yourself and with God and truly examine your heart. As believers, we should carefully inspect what we let in and out of our hearts and pay attention to and apply God's word in our lives so that we will keep our hearts with all diligence.

You might be asking yourself why I am writing about this topic. Well, after spending some quality time with the Lord (read Matthew 6:19-24) and doing some self examination, I have realized that I all too often have this mindset:

'If I only I had that, then I would be set'.

Security and satisfaction cannot be found in temporary things. 

Thank you, Lord for allowing me to be transparent and real. Thank you for continuing to pursue me...even though I get distracted by earthly things. Thank you for the greatest treasure of all: through Jesus we can enter eternity fully pardoned from sin. Give me strength, Lord as I follow hard after you...

I took this picture the other day while pulling weeds in the yard...who would have thought a weed would look so pretty!