Tempted to Treasure // Matthew 6:21

Today’s verse is one we might know but often live in reverse. Jesus said the heart follows what it treasures as opposed to our treasure following the heart. Why is that important? It’s because the heart is deceitful above all else and we can’t understand it (Jeremiah 17:9). We get tempted to treasure things that don’t deserve that honor; therefore, Jesus challenges us to deeply consider the things we treasure because of how those things steer our lives. I want to close with Proverbs 4:23, because the wisdom is profound and profoundly important: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (NIV).

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