Where Your Treasure Is, Your Heart Will Also Be
(8 minutes)
But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see. Now, the "Lord" I'm referring to is the Holy Spirit, and wherever he is Lord, there is freedom. We can all draw close to him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into his very image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:16-18)
"God's heart is to draw you close with nothing in between you and Him. That's His heart. And He's constantly drawing us near, and if we don't turn our hearts to Him there's a veil between us and Him and we can't see Him properly. What could that veil be? When I don't turn my attention, focus, and my life to Him, I'm deciding to live my life based on my opinions. And a lot of times, what I already think, my opinions, keep me from seeing Him right. And I'll make excuses as to why I'm right and He's wrong. Now, we don't say that. But we prefer excuses over God's truth sometimes because we want to do what we want to do." (Pastor Tim)
Why is this the case? Why do we sometimes prefer our own opinions over God's truth? Why are we drawn to one thing over another? There is a Kingdom principle that gives us the answer.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew 6:21-24 NKJV)
This may sound backwards, but the Kingdom principle here is that whatever we treasure, our heart will begin to flow towards. Our hearts will always be drawn to what we treasure. Remember, we become what we behold.
"Whatever I really want to do, I will move heaven and earth to do. Including ignoring the truth of the Holy Spirit. How many times do you shut yourself off to what's being said by the Holy Spirit because it's not what you want to do?... There's always evidence to what you treasure. That's what this scripture is saying." (Pastor Tim)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:21-24 NKJV)
This scripture is not talking about secular music and movies. Religion always made this about what we were looking at. It's not talking about behavior at all. It's talking about your perspective (the eye), and how you see. If your perspective has been entwined with Yahweh's point of view, your entire body will be full of light. But if your perspective is being directed by your own opinions, what you assume to be right apart from Yahweh's influence, then your whole body will be full of darkness (imagine the veil). Did you know there is a light that can be darkness? It's our opinion, that we've convinced ourselves is truth, but was never joined to Abba's point of view.
"If you look at something with your perception, if you're going to look at it through the way you see things, you're going to fill your entire life with your darkness, and you will pretend it's light... Remember what I said, every situation, every circumstance, God is using to fill your life with His light, to draw you closer, to see things like He sees them. And all you have to do to make that happen is turn your attention to Him. That's it." (Pastor Tim)
Jesus gives us the perfect example of how powerful our perspective is by using God and money. We can't focus on God and money at the same time, because whatever our focus is will end up driving our life. What in our lives is in competition with Abba's point of view? What are we giving our focus and attention to that's drawing our hearts away from Abba's perspective? Like Pastor Tim said on Sunday, there are a lot of masters besides money. You can trace down the masters by paying attention to what your heart treasures because your heart will always follow what you're focusing on and giving your attention to.
Turn your heart towards Abba throughout the day and allow Him to lift the veil and show you where your treasure is. Allow Him to reveal the things that are speaking louder than His voice in your life. What's competing with Abba's point of view?
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