Where is your Joy?
Where is your Joy? You may have heard this before, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be there also” (Matthew 6:21). Simple is it not? Jesus spoke that, your heart will go wherever you put your treasure. It is so true and yet so many of us are convinced that money should be our treasure. I, even sometimes struggle with that one. Yet I know deep down in my heart that Jesus should be my treasure. Even people can become my treasure and other things can take his spot. But they will not satisfy. Only the things that are eternal in value. Why is that? Because the things of the earth perish, like food, money, sex are going to disappear. Not that those things are bad in themselves, but they will not make you satisfied and happy as the joy of being with your everlasting Savior and Lord. If you want lasting joy, find it there and not in your pocket. When the crowd around Jesus was abandoning him because they could not take in his teaching anymore. He asked