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In Jesus's flagship sermon, Matthew 5, 6, and 7, the Sermon on the Mount, he talks a lot about how to operate in today and to use today rightly as good stewards for our creator. And I'm gonna walk and just take snippets out of it and really look at what does this mean for us as stewards. This first section is from Matthew 6, and a lot of these you're gonna recognize, but I want us to think about this in the context of stewardship, okay? Check this out. 619, don't store up treasures here on earth where moths eat them and rust destroys them and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven where moths and rust cannot destroy and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will be also. What are you working toward? I mean, I know you've got bills to pay, you've got rent coming up, you've got Christmas presents to buy. That's fine, but what are you working toward? What's your goal? What's the end that you have in mind for all that you're working for? What's the purpose? Maybe you haven't thought a lot about this, maybe you think about this all the time, but this is Jesus saying that when we choose to place our desires outside of time and space into the heavenly realm, it changes fundamentally the way that we engage in this world. When we take our treasure from this car or car, or this dollar amount in the bank, or this house, or this family vacation next year, or whatever it is, and we place it into eternal things, it changes the way that we live today. Jesus wants our hearts to be with him and our desires to be outside of this space. We begin to live open-handed with our possessions as opposed to being tight-gripped and holding on to our resources. Instead of trying to build walls to keep people out and keep ourselves safe, we open up our doors to the possibility of new relationships and what that could possibly bring. When our true treasure exists in a different space, there isn't anyone that can threaten or damage what they cannot touch or steal. And he says it very plainly. What are treasures in heaven? That's a whole different series, and maybe we'll do that one day. Message me if you think that's a good idea. But I think it's fair to say that Jesus values these treasures, these heavenly treasures over earthly ones, and apparently they must be just that good. As you go to prayer today, I ask that you would just consider where are your treasures? Where is your heart? What do you long for? What do you yearn for? What do you really hope to accomplish even? And then as you pray, just sit with the Lord in this. God bless you, friends.