Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Matthew 6:19-20
Joseph is a great example of this as he prepared for the future. He stored up in advance for lean and difficult times. And because he did, he saved people from death.
Just like Joseph, we are to so live and to so give…to so prepare for the future…that we can be used by God to help save others from eternal death! Isn’t that our mission? Isn’t that our ministry?
It is a fatal flaw, a mistake, to assume that God’s goal for your life is material success or prosperity. God looks at your life not based upon your net worth, but upon your real worth. And your real worth is based upon who you are in Christ!
There are two kinds of people in the world. There are those who are building their own kingdom…and there are those who are building the kingdom of God. So which one are you? Is your life wrapped up in building a kingdom for yourself…of material success and “prosperity”? Or is your life wrapped up in building for the future…building the kingdom of God?
Because you’re either building your own personal kingdom or you’re partnering with God in building His kingdom…the only thing that will last forever!
Are you building God’s Kingdom… or are you building your own?
by Jack Graham
4 comments:
Good thoughts. Samuel Rutherford once said "work as hard as you can, save as much as you can, give as much as you can"
The giving part gets missed. Our jobs provided for us, but they are also the income that propells ministry.
Ahh, but we can't stop at seeing souls saved. We've got to be making disciples! That's the part I think a lot of Christianity falls down on. We'll try all sorts of things to "see souls saved" but then have problems following through.
Minthegap,
You are exactly right. We focus a lot on numbers and not making disciples. It is possible to have a growing church of say several thousand and not be pleasing the Lord.
This is the forgotten part. I wonder if we know how to make disciples anymore
Sometimes I wonder... I cannot even make my own soulmate a disciple...
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