Where is Your Treasure?

Last week I went to Connecticut to help out a church with some kids games, the soup kitchen, and other random events. All I can say is God provides. I talked to the church planter and his wife about their story. They sold all they had to come to the United States from South Africa because they felt God calling them to do so. While reflecting on their story, I thought of a verse from the Bible. This verse is Matthew 6:21, which reads

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

You see, God is their treasure. Not money, family, or "security" that the world offers.

Where/what is your treasure?

Love God First

"And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:37-39

Jesus says love God first, then love others. We are able to love others, even those we used to dislike, because of the overflow of our love for God. Without God, it is impossible for me to truly love others. I pray that I can give God all of me, that I can say I truly love God and mean it. Then I will show others God's love by serving them.