We live in a particularly materialistic world. Everything seems to be measured in monetary terms. The car you drive, the house you live in, the designer clothes labelled so that all can witness what you purportedly pay for them.
But think on one thing. GOD does not require us to take anything back to Heaven with us when we die.
What Jesus told us to do was to store up our treasures in Heaven.
So what does that mean? Firstly it does not mean that our good works will get us into Heaven. But to get to Heaven, we have to do one thing and that is to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and our Saviour and then to confess that we are sinners and acknowledge out loud that Jesus is our Redeemer.
However, when we do this, we are filled with the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit will guide us to do the good works, prepared in advance of our lives by GOD for us to do.
And these good works, the result of the work of the Holy Spirit have filled us and having shown us what to do in order to give all our Glory to GOD, are our treasures in Heaven.
We cannot get to Heaven on good works alone. Only through Jesus Christ. But we can do good works in order to give all the glory to GOD on earth.
Prayer: ABBA FATHER, keep me from storing up treasures on earth and show me how to store up treasures in Heaven. Give me good works to do on earth which showcase YOUR glory and the light of Jesus Christ on this earth. I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Stay truly GOD blessed today!
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