Where are your treasures stored?

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"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."  Matthew 6:19-21

This verse has been on my mind this past week.  Sinclair Ferguson comments on this passage in his book The Sermon on the Mount:

"By 'treasure,' Jesus means the things we prize most dearly.  There are only two places for our treasure to be -- in heaven or on earth.  Every earth-bound treasure is liable to fail -- through deterioration ('moth and rust destroy') or through unforeseen circumstances ('thieves break in and steal').  Only heaven is immune from the ravages of time and sin.  'Therefore,' says Jesus, 'bank in heaven, not on earth.'  Live for heaven, not for earth!"

 When we fix our gaze on our heavenly home, our earthly "prizes" don't seem as valuable as the treasures we will one day see in heaven!