That’s a direct commandment from the Lord Jesus!
It is not difficult to see that the garbage dump contains
everything man lives and works for on this planet. Everything money can
buy ends up in a stinking landfill.
The Lord Jesus is commanding us to stop storing up material
things if we have already started accumulating goods that we can actually do
without. What we have to be so sure of is that we desire to own things
because they are essential in order for us to serve God by spreading the gospel
and edifying the church, never to flaunt our wealth or to enjoy the pleasures
of life to the fullest and as long as they would last.
Life is not for our
pleasure. Life is meant for the service of God. And that is where
true joy and fullness of life can be found.
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[Matthew
6:19-21
19 “Do not store up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and
steal. 20 But store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where
moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.]
