Your treasures

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:21)

Tonight, I want you to think about the things that you treasure. What means the most to you? Who means the most to you? How do you spend your time? What are you thinking about? What do you do everyday?

In the world that we live in today, it is easy to treasure popularity, fame, and money. We base our status and importance based on our social media platforms. Getting a lot of likes feels good. Sometimes when I need to feel better, I will post a picture on Instagram just so I have something to do on my phone. I want to be loud and clear with you, I am not saying that having and using social media everyday is a bad thing. I am saying that it becomes bad when we use it as validation.

When don't need to be popular on social media for others to love us, and most importantly God.

My favorite basketball player of all time and someone that I look up to in view areas of his life is LeBron James. He posted a picture of a sign on his Instagram account today that said. "F *explicit* social media. I'm dope in real life." Now he wasn't saying this about himself, but for something that everyone can see. He has millions of followers and that picture most likely got a lot of people thinking.

There is some questionable language in there but it's so true. We don't need social media to be dope in  real life. Social media just makes things more fun sometimes and it's a great way to share what is going on in your life with other people.

Money is something that we tend to treasure as well. We can't really do a whole lot if we have no money am I right? I believe that there is a tendency to believe that our success and the way that people look at us is based off of the amount money that we have. Don't get me wrong, I will do whatever it takes to make a lot of money some day, but money will never define who I am. It's important but it's not something that I will treasure.

The verse above follows the verse about storing treasures in heaven. Storing treasures in heaven is not limited to tithing but is accomplished by all acts of obedience to God. Our intention should be to seek the fulfillment of God's purposes in all we do, not merely what we do with our money.

I use this as encouragement to you because when you figure out what to treasure on a daily basis, your heart, your mind, and spirit will be right. I am not perfect but there are a couple of things that I treasure everyday. I treasure the moment when I wake up and get out of bed every morning. I absolutely love mornings and everything about them. It's the begging of a new day. It's a chance to grow, learn, and be productive. I also treasure relationships. When I get the chance to better/strengthen relationships with people that have a special place in my heart, I experience a great deal of fulfillment. Everyday you wake up you have the opportunity to pour into someones life and that is something that I treasure. I also treasure working out. Any chance that I get to spend some time working on my body, my mind gets a break. I value that a ton. Most importantly, I treasure my time in the Word of God. I don't feel like I had a fulfilling day unless I get to strengthen my relationship with Christ and then share what I learn with whoever reads what I write.

These things that I treasure everyday is a direct representation of where my heart is, because where your treasures are, your heart will be there also. These treasures have led me to being comfortable in who I am everyday. There is power in that! Being comfortable in confident in who you are is a recipe of success. It causes you to not get too high when things are going well or too low when things couldn't be any worse.  When you're confident in who you are, other people will notice. It's not about getting likes or having a lot of followers for me. I don't need that. I don't treasure money above other important things. You can't take possessions from earth to heaven with you someday, but you have the opportunity to bring others with you when you are a light and share Jesus.

Treasure what lasts forever. There aren't many feelings better than being comfortable in who you are because of where your heart is at.