What do our hearts most treasure?
Possessions are a great responsibility. True wealth consists not in what
we keep but in what we share with others.
What do you want in
life? That is everlasting life, but at what price? Do you have as much
initiative and enterprise about spiritual values as the manager did about
temporal values? St. Ambrose, a 4th century bishop said: "The bosoms of
the poor, the houses of widows, the mouths of children are the barns, which
last forever." Possessions are a great responsibility. True wealth
consists not in what we keep but in what we share with others. Jesus expects us
to use them honestly and responsibly and to put them at his service and the
service of others.
St. Paul is an
excellent example for us. Jesus Christ is obviously the center of our lives the
driving force behind everything that we do. He sees that we are ministers and
live out the Gospel; only by the grace of Jesus we can do. Paul has dedicated
himself to nothing but the preaching of Jesus. There is no doubt about his
initiative, his enterprise, and his dedication.
May it never be
true for us that the worldly things take more initiative about temporary values
than we do about spiritual, which leads to heavenly treasure? Jesus said to His
disciples and to us: "We are to be in the world but not of it."
Points to Pray and
Ponder: Jesus message is very clear for us today, that our hearts must either be
possessed by God's love or our hearts will be possessed by the love of
something else. What does your heart most treasure?