It's Just STUFF!

Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, 

and thieves do not break in and steal.  

Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

Matthew 6:19-21

 

Have you ever seen those tabloids that focus on the "rich, famous, and glamorous"? Have you even secretly wanted to have their life?  How about just their stuff?  

 

Take a look around you, how many people work hard for the sole purpose of stuff accumulation?  How many people just have to have the latest and greatest?  Do they ever seem content with anything? 

 

No, I'm not trying to fault anyone for working hard or for their getting new stuff.  But please remember, it's just stuff!  

 

When the Great Depression arrived in 1929, there were two groups of people: 

     Those who had a lot and lost everything.

     Those who had very little and lost very little.

 

Those who had very little knew how to survive on very little.  They learned to adapt, overcome, and share what little they had.

 

Those who had a lot and lost everything were devastated!  Several even committed suicide because they couldn't survive without all their stuff.  Many learned to scale back and survive though, but with a lot less stuff.

 

We focus so much on stuff that we crowd out the provisions that God gives us every single day.  Jesus reminds us that whatever it is that holds our focus and our desires reveals our hearts.  So.......stuff or God?  That must be proven by our actions and focus.