Did you ever try to understand just what
being in Christ Jesus really means? To
be in Christ decides the Christian’s
position, privileges, and possessions.
To be in Christ is to be where He is, to
be what He is, and to share what He has!
Your present address is just the stopping
place on a journey. Yet, some gather
possessions here as though they were
staying forever. As believers, we are
instructed to set our affections on things
above, not on things of the earth. Too
many have the philosophy that we pass
this way only once, ‘and I am going to
enjoy it while I am here.’
On the other hand, I have seen a mother
bend and kiss the tiny face cradled in a
casket and to know for her that reunion
day could not come soon enough. One
afternoon, when I pastored a church
in Kentucky, the funeral director and I
climbed a hill for a child’s burial. He
carried the small casket, and I carried
something to break the ground. It is no
wonder that our Lord tells us, “Love not
the things that are in the world, if any
man loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him.
Father, teach me to set my affections on
heavenly possessions, and not on things
of the world.
Amen.
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 your heart be also. Matthew 6:19-21 KJV
