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Attaching or Detaching the Heart
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21).
The Christian assigns proper value, and prioritizes accordingly. The most valuable things
in life are spiritual things. Worship, prayer, study, goodwill, example, influence, and sharing the
gospel.
These are easily lost in the mix of life’s activities.
These are easily shuffled to the bottom of the deck.
These are easily forgotten or misplaced.
When spiritual things are assigned lesser value (in practice because simply knowing
better is useless) the heart begins to detach from God. Left unchecked, it will separate entirely.
Do we need to explain the danger of this? “For if we sin willfully after we have received
the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful
expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries” (Hebrews
10:26-27).
Prioritizing spiritual things draws us closer to God. “Draw nigh to God , and He will
draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you doubleminded”
(James 4:8). These are eternal investments. They pay us, our families, our brothers and sisters in
the Lord, back both now and eternally, many times over. “Peter began to say unto Him, Lo, we
have left all and have followed Thee. Jesus said, “Verily I say unto you, there is no man that has
left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for My sake, and
for the gospel’s sake, but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, brethren,
sisters, mother, father, children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal
life” (Mark 10:28-30).
There is nothing — not one thing — of greater value.
~Rick Kelly, Forthright Magazine
