Someone shared a Casting Crown song with us during prayer meeting today, entitled “American Dream”. Odd though, since we are not Americans, but one line in the song I find most poignant: Whoever dies with the most toys wins.
Isn’t it a starker but more contemporary and modern way to explain Matthew 6:19-21, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
We are in the pursuit of more and more, and more.
This reminds me of what Esther just posted. In our wanting more and more, what have we done for the kingdom of God?
“Whoever dies with the most toys wins.” Does this sound true to you personally in some way or the other?
pearlie
Isn’t it a starker but more contemporary and modern way to explain Matthew 6:19-21, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
We are in the pursuit of more and more, and more.
This reminds me of what Esther just posted. In our wanting more and more, what have we done for the kingdom of God?
“Whoever dies with the most toys wins.” Does this sound true to you personally in some way or the other?
pearlie
- Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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