Heavenly treasures Vs. Earthly Possessions! Round 2! FIGHT!

Welcome back everyone! Today I am going to continue to go over the subject that we were going over last time. I posted late in the morning and had to take off to work so I really didn't have time to finish and say everything that I wanted. We were looking in Matthew about focusing on treasures of heaven instead of earthly things and also how when we do that the heavenly treasures themselves will end up manifesting here on earth. I never really went into detail about the second verse and I really wanted to mainly focus on that subject today. I want to start in Proverbs 8:17-18 and a verse that was shared at our prophetic weekend at church that has some relevance to this discussion. The verse says, "I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity." If you dissect this verse a little bit you will actually find out that the word wealth actually translates into substance, something you can actually touch and see with your human hands. It is our reward for seeking and focusing on him and putting him as the priority in our lives. Now I watch movies and play games as much as the next guy and I am a huge geek and I love comics, superheroes and all that good stuff. Just recently I have started learning to shift my focus a little bit not only because I have gotten married and have kids and a baby on the way but because of my spiritual walk as well. Does this mean that I have to stop doing these things completely? No it doesn't it just means that I need to put God and family first and foremost before the X-Box and TV. Now that we got that settled, I want to focus more on the rewards that come when we shift focus to heavenly things and the kingdom of God. Let's go back to Matthew in chapter 6:9 to a verse we all know. The Lord's prayer also contains a little hint if you want to call it that. "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." The whole prayer is amazing but this is the part that I want to focus on. I believe that if we as Christians fully embrace our Creator and put our trust and focus on him that in turn the environment around us will become as it is in heaven. Think about heaven for a minute, their is no sadness, no sickness and best of all Jesus is there. If we walk around with a kingdom thought mentality then there is no reason that God will not reward us for our faithfulness. Miracles will follow and heavenly treasures will begin to manifest, possibly not outright in front of you with a neon sign pointing to it. But hidden left somewhere along the path for you to find it and when you need it most you will find it and the Lord will provide for you. I hope I am making sense in all of this because the last thing I want to do is confuse all of you. I for one am now trying to embrace this lifestyle whole heartedly the best that I can. It's not simple especially with all the distractions that life has to offer and my crazy wandering A.D.D. mind doesn't help things either. But it is a process that takes time, and as long as God looks at your heart and see's that there is progress then he will honor your faith. Taking little bites is highly recommended, because if you try to eat the whole cookie at once you will likely choke and throw up everything that you ate and then guess what? It's inedible, and you need to start over with a new cookie, and then the process starts all over again, yet there is still progress if this happens so don't get disappointed and give up. It happens to the best of us, I don't know how many cookies that I have been through, this one that I have started hopefully will be my last. But if not there is still a God who loves me and has his arms wide open ready to offer me grace. I leave you with this once again from Matthew 6 starting at verse 25, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" Cast your care's aside every one. Times are tough and they are probably not going to get any better. The signs are everywhere it seems like there is an earthquake somewhere new every week and we got volcano's shutting down air traffic. Everything points to what Jesus said about the coming of the end of the age. What better time to prepare ourselves for putting our trust and faith in him? Kill the flesh, kill the worrier and God will provide. Until next time my friends, God bless.