Breaking the Word

"No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. "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 than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?  Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?' or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?' All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom (of God) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil. (Mt 6:24-34)

God and mammon do not go together. God is opposite of material wealth. God provides material good to the people but he is not material wealth. He cannot be bought and sold like material things. Anyone one who has a desire for material wealth cannot be a seeker of God. A seeker of God may have material good but his heart will not on the material things.

Anyone is longing for food and clothes. They are the basic necessities of life. For a man to have a decent life in the society he longs for good food and decent clothing. Jesus says that a seeker of God will not be worried about even these. God provides all. Even these material things are gifts of God and the worry of man takes him away from the God who provides these.

Believer trusts in God. Man of worry doubts. The world and the things on the earth are all God’s creation. God provides everything for everything according to their needs and according to the season. The natures believes in God (does not make an act of faith but reveals their faith in god in receiving the gifts from). Man should trust God completely and rely on him totally then he will see the providence of God. 

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. "The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light; but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be. (Mt 6:19-23)

Treasures are important for life. We have to look for treasures and store up treasures. The place where we store up treasure is important. Treasure on earth is of no use and treasures in heaven are preferred.  Jesus distinguishes between heaven and earth. Earth and earthly things have their own importance but they are not everything.

Jesus also distinguishes between the treasures. Some treasures are moth eaten, stolen and destroyed. There are treasures which are not destroyed. They are for ever. These treasures reflect heavenly realities. They are eternal and they make the one who stores them up also important. So the man who goes after treasure must distinguish between treasure and also the place where he stores up.

Treasure reflects the mind of the individual. Treasure reflects the heart of the individual. Because, where the treasure is there the heart of the individual will be. Man is evaluated according to the treasure and where he stores them up. Man should store up his treasures in heaven because that is where he is suppose to go to. Man’s life is heaven bound.