June 18, 2008

• WHERE IS YOUR TREASURE WEDNESDAY

  
  
  
  
  

  STORING UP TREASURE
  

  
   1 Timothy 6:19, "Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life."
  

  The above Scripture encourages us to lay up in store
  for the time to come. In the context, it is actually speaking to those
  who have riches in this world, exhorting them to be rich in good works
  and generous to the needy. But I do believe this message is for all of
  us. I think it is one of the greatest exhortations we can have, don't
  you?
  

  
   Every moment of our lives we should be "laying up in store" for the eternal kingdom. We cannot take any material possessions out of this world. It is all vanity. 1 Timothy 6:7 says, "For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." We will only take what we lay up in heaven.
  

  We need to remind ourselves again of Matthew 6:19-21, "Lay
  not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth
  corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for
  yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
  corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will you heart be also."

  I have always been challenged by the statement,
  

  "Life is a dressing room for eternity."
  

  Everything we do and say, either builds for this world, or for the eternal world.
  

  I think we will
  have a lot of surprises in heaven. I remember reading about a man of
  God who had a vision of the eternal realm. He said that he saw that the
  people who were closest to the throne of God were mothers and
  intercessors. Our liberal society does not have time for these
  ministries. Even the Christian world does not always affirm them. They
  don't receive the limelight. But they are powerful in God's eyes.
  

  Dear mother, I
  want to remind you that as you sacrificially pour out your life for
  your children, as you mother and nurture them in the ways of God, as
  you pour out your heart in prayer for them--you are laying up treasure
  for eternity! Your mothering is never wasted. It builds for eternity.
  You are preparing your children for the heavenly realm. And you lay up
  heavenly treasure for yourself as you do it.
  

  You may feel
  inferior because you think you are wasting your education as you lay
  down your career for motherhood. You may feel sorry for yourself
  because you are not making money like your neighbor who is choosing her
  career over motherhood. You may feel insecure because you don't feel
  that you are accomplishing great things in your home.
  

  Don't listen to
  these deceptions and negatives. As you mother your children in your
  home, you are in the perfect will of God. You are building for
  eternity. You are laying up store for the time to come.
  

  You are building a big mansion for yourself up there! This is certainly not a waste of time!
  

  Love from NANCY CAMPBELL
  

  PRAYER:
  

  
  

  "Lord,
  please help me to put value on the eternal things, on the things that
  you put value on. Help me to remember each day that motherhood is
  building for eternity."
  

  
          
  
  
  
  

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