Clay in the Hands

I had breakfast with a couple of leaders in our church this morning and one of them related a story from this past weekend.  It would seem that as he and his family were vacationing at the lake, his phone made its way into the water.  Since cell phones do not work nearly as well once they have been submerged in water, he found himself in need of a new phone.  So he made his way to the store to get a new one.

The reason I am sharing this story this morning is his experience has spiritual application.  When he received his new phone, he simply logged into his account from the new device and all his content – stored in the cloud – immediately began to make its way onto his new phone.  Because his important data was stored in the cloud, he did not loose anything to the death grip of the lake water.

There is a distinct similarity between this experience and our spiritual lives.  When we store up what is important to us on site, we are exposing what is important to us to all the elements of this earth.  But when we store our treasures in heaven, then all those things are safe and secure.  In other words, we need to look at our priorities?  Are we seeking to make a name for ourselves here and now or are we more concerned with pleasing the Father and storing up what is important to us in heaven.

At some point, death’s grip will take hold of us and all the things we have worked for on earth will be of no significance.  The only thing that will matter at that point will be what we have stored in heaven.

I am thankful that God gives us the opportunity to live our lives in such a way that we know our efforts are not wasted when they are spent on what matters most.

Store up for yourselves treasure in heaven where lake water cannot destroy!

Be a blessing today!