I get so excited each January at the prospect of a new
year full of promise. Each year God gives us 365 days to spend any way we wish.
He gives each of us 24 hours a day to work, to dream and to share His love. Yet
we complain often “there just aren’t enough hours in the day.”
God says there is. He says not to worry about tomorrow,
but to focus on one grace-filled day at a time. He says: “be anxious for
nothing.” He also tells us what to do with His gifts. “Do not store up for
yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where
thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and
steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matt.
6:19-21) Jesus is not just referring to money, but to our time, talents, and
energy, too.
How do you store up treasure in heaven? 1. Make God’s
work a priority. “Seek first the kingdom of God” and support it with tithes and
offerings. 2. Love others. “But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his
brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in
him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”(1
John 3:17-18) 3. Live like Jesus who embodied God’s admonition in Micah 6:8: “He
has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To
act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Investing in the
work of God, who is faithful and generous and merciful, is the wisest
investment you can make in 2014.
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