Are you materialistic?

In Matt 6:19-24 is speaks about laying up treasures in heaven.

v 19. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

As Christians, we should not be pursuing treasures on earth as these may easily be taken away from us. A good example of this would be the earthquake in Haiti were a lot of houses and structures were destroyed.

Another local example would be the Ondoy typhoon which destroyed a lot of properties because of the floodwater that it brought.

Treasures invested here on earth are easily destroyed - even in just a wink of an eye, all of the things that you have invested are gone. The things we have here on earth are merely entrusted to us by God and everything that we own is still His.

v 20. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and were theives do not break in and steal

We should be investing in heaven because the resturns there are eternal.

v 21. For where your tresure is, there will be your heart also

It is true that the wealthier you are, the more difficult it is to serve God because it is difficult to let go of all the things that one owns here on earth. When we die, where will our hearts be buried? Will it be here on earth or will it go to heaven?

v. 22-23 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness

This talks about the lamp of our body which is our eyes. As Christians, we should be seeing the things that are good, the things which are pleasing to the Lord.

As Christians, we should be living to work and not working to live. Our perspective in life should change: on a Monday morning, we should not be grumbling that we have a whole tiring week to face because of work but rather, we should be excited to go to work and be a testimony to others.

v 24. No one can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Mammon refers to your property and wealth here on earth. There is no middle ground - so either you serve God or your wealth that you choose to serve.


There are 3 questions you have to ask:
1. Where is your heart?
2. What are you looking at?
3. Who do you serve?

God Bless!