“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where most and rust doth corrupt.” Matthew 6:19
Recently while completing my Beth Moore Bible Study homework in a rush before Bible Study, I ran across this verse, and Moore’s take on it. Even though I had heard this passage many times before, it finally clicked in my mind what Christ was saying. He was addressing people like me. I had had my life planned out for years, and knew exactly the things I wanted to gain from my accomplishments: I wanted a beautiful place to live, with a home stunning enough to be a castle, and the exact gardens to go with it that I had mapped out. I wanted to surround myself only with beauty. But it was not until this time that I understood– this place, this world that i live in is temporary. Nothing that I spend my life working to obtain will last. The only thing I could ever invest in that would outlive my life is what I give to God. I finally realized that was all that was important. And I know that when my work is done, I am happy to say God will give me more beauty than I could ever have here.
