Wisdom 18:6-9
Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19
Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-22
Luke 12:32-48
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TREASURE HUNT
"Wherever your treasure lies, there your heart will be." —Luke 12:34
When Jesus is our Treasure, then serving Him is our delight (Ps 40:9). Serving Jesus even becomes our treasure (Lk 12:34). When serving Jesus is our treasure, we search for ways to serve Him. We gladly sell all that we have to obtain the privilege of serving Jesus our Treasure (see Mt 13:44). We can’t help ourselves, for “the love of Christ impels us” (2 Cor 5:14). We don’t even need to receive pay for our service, for as the hymn says, “Knowing that I love and serve You is enough reward.”
When serving Jesus and doing God’s will is our food (Jn 4:34), then we can’t even go a day, not even a part of a day, without serving Him. We desire to serve Jesus as strongly as a hungry person looks forward to a meal. That’s where our heart is (Lk 12:34). As another song says: “The greatest thing in all my life is serving You.” So get “for yourselves…a never-failing treasure with the Lord” (Lk 12:33). “Serve the Lord with gladness” (Ps 100:2).
Prayer: Jesus, change my desires. Give me an ever-increasing joy in serving You.
Promise: "See, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear Him, upon those who hope for His kindness, to deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine." —Ps 33:18-19
Praise: Praise the risen Jesus, in Whom our joy is complete. Alleluia!
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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