Each day during the month of March we will be sharing a devotional from a booklet written by Steve Love. Steve is a member of Canton First and a Traumatic Brain Injury survivor. If you would like a complete PDF of this devotional, it can be downloaded here.
Day 4
Matthew 6:19-21 (New International Version)
19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Jesus had just instructed His disciples on how they should pray. He then begins to teach about having the right concept of God and man. He tells us, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal” We live in a world were storing up treasures is an art form. The modern reality shows on TV are base upon man’s greed for treasures. They will do t the most outrages things, for what, frame and money,
On 9-11-2004 I came with in one breath from death. That changes the way one looks at what is truly important in this life. My God, my family, and my friends in that order, they are my treasures. Five years before that day I became a person with a brain injury, the medical knowledge that allowed me to survive was not available.
Next to my computer screen is a photo of my grandson Asher, Reagan and Cruz were born after my Brain Injury. What a treasure they are to me. Money and the needs that life puts upon us are real. Medical bills alone just do not stop. I am sorry to tell you many do lose their home and anything of earthly value is taken from them. We must learn the lesson that Jesus was teaching his disciples. We need to store up “treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.”
What are the treasures we store up in heaven? Souls are the answer. As we look towards God and the things of God, we invest in is our soul and the soul of others. We must help others and forces on the how we can help them. When we are spending the metal energy on helping other, we do not spend the time focusing on the problems that are facing us. Helping other not to become apart of the group of people with a brain injury is one of my goals. Being an advocate for brain injury awareness is helping the person with a brain injury and their family to be able to handle this life that we must live.
Our souls, the only part of man which is immortal will live in heaven were God our greatest treasure lives. Our soul and our mind are link together and for now are just residing in our brains. Jesus tells us, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” If our treasure lies in Heaven with God, our heart/mind/soul will be in Heaven with God.
Pray and thank God for our value treasures, God, family, and friends.
Pray and thank God for His help in providing for our physical needs.
Pray and ask God to help us to bring comfort and meaning to someone else today.