The
Main Thing
The
Secret Place
The
main thing is not the external things that everyone sees
The
main thing is the things done in secret that God sees
The
main thing is not in earthy artifacts
The
main thing is stored in heavenly treasures
The
Secret Place
The main thing is not the external things.
The main thing will bring
peace and joy to your spirit.
The main thing will put more value
in you than the joy of what is on you.
In Matthew 6, Jesus talks about fasting.
Jesus shows us the main thing is not
about food but what we do in secret.
The other day I was driving into
a park and the entry fee was $2.
I knew the car behind me was going to the same
picnic and paid the entry fee for that car as well
mine.
When we got parked the people in the car behind
me thanked me and offered to pay me back.
I told them please do not pay me back
as the joy was worth more than the $2.
When we do the main thing it will
give us satisfaction on the inside.
The external cost is hard to
measure against the inter fulfillment.
Jesus tells us when we fast we
should not look for recognition.
It does feel good to
be recognized by others.
But Jesus tells us that when
we do the externals in secret…
We do them not for our
honor but the good of other.
God sees those things and rewards us.
Keeping the main thing is keeping our
focus on God’s purposes not our own.
I have looked forward to my senior years.
Things have not turned out just
the way I had envisioned them.
There were hardships along the
way that changed the course.
Like rust and moths even thieves
working against my goals.
There were choices of
the main thing or my thing.
Time spent on the main thing
keep me from my external goals.
But as I look at the big picture I can see that
the main thing has always produced internal peace
and a promise that there will be treasures in heaven.
All the externals of what we will eat and wear
cannot be compared to the internal peace
and satisfaction God adorns our spirit with.
The hope that is for more than today but the future
hope of all eternity, filled with treasures
we have been storing by doing the main thing.
The main thing will
always keep in mind eternity.
Scripture
Reading
Matthew 6:16-21
16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the
hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting.
Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But
when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so
that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your
Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will
reward you.
Treasures in Heaven
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on
earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But
store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not
destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For
where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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