ready for heaven?
Read Matthew 6:19-24 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness…. 24 he will be devoted to the one and despise the other…. You cannot serve God and money. Matthew 6:19-24
Heaven is a place in the future of every Christian, and I want to know—Are you prepared? Are you really ready to go? I don’t just mean: Do you have the hope of heaven? That’s
part of it. Trusting in Christ also means recognizing that your life on earth should count for something, and you should lay up treasures in heaven.
Everything you have on earth will be left behind. But Jesus told us if we were wise, we would: “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” (Matthew 6:20-21). As Christians, this means we’ll one day receive rewards for our faithful service to the Lord.
What are you doing for Christ? Are you using the gifts He has given you? Are you serving Him?
I’ve found that the best way to live the greatest life in this world is to be more concerned with the next one. C. S. Lewis said, “Aim for heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you will get neither.” So, as I aim at heaven, as I’m thinking about fellowshipping with God, earth will be thrown in. I can have the greatest life on this earth—not because I’m trying to obtain happiness or fulfillment, but because I’m trying to walk with God and please Him. The fringe benefit of living life for the next one is that I can have a happy, fulfilled life doing it. —Greg Laurie
responding God, I don’t want to store up treasures that will rust or destroy, yet that’s what I often do. Forgive my shortsightedness.
following Live your earthly life the heavenly way.
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