The Word for Today
With Bob Gass

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Where's My Heart? Where your treasure is, there your heart will be... - Matthew 6:21 NIV

William Randolph Hearst lived in Hearst Castle. It was 90,000 square feet sitting on 265,000 acres. At one time he owned 50 miles of California coastline. And he collected 'stuff' for 88 years. He had 3500-year-old Egyptian statues, medieval Flemish tapestries, centuries-old hand-carved ceilings, and some of the greatest works of art of all time. After eight decades of collecting stuff William Hearst died. Now people go through his house by the thousands and they all say the same thing: 'Wow, he sure had a lot of stuff.'

We go through life, get stuff, then die, leaving all our stuff behind. And what happens to it? Our kids argue over it. Our kids, who haven't died yet, go through our stuff. Like vultures, they decide which stuff they want to take to their houses. They say to themselves, "Now this is my stuff," then they die and new vultures come to get it. Nations go to war over stuff, families are split apart over stuff. Husbands and wives argue more about stuff than any other single issue. Prisons are full of street thugs and CEO's who committed crimes to acquire it. Why? It's only stuff.

This is what Jesus was addressing when He said, "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 moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (Matthew 6:19-21 NIV). Now, having read those words, ask yourself the question, "Where's my heart?"

SoulFood Bible Readings: 1 Sam 4-7, Luke 24:13-24, Ps 68:19-35, Pr 22:6

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Frequent Encounters With God! These are the Scriptures that testify about me... - John 5:39 NIV

Here are two compelling reasons for saturating your mind in the Scriptures:

1. To know who God is. One day in school, a little girl was asked by her art teacher what she was drawing. "A picture of God," she replied. The teacher said, "But nobody's ever seen Him." Confidently the little girl replied, "They will when I'm finished!" Till Jesus came, all we had were glimpses of God. Then Jesus announced, "He that has seen me has seen the Father..." (John 14:9 KJV). If you want to know who God is, what He thinks and how He acts, start spending more time with Jesus.
2. To know who you are. When God called Moses to deliver Israel, Moses asked God two things: a) "When I... say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say... ?'... God said to Moses... 'say... I AM has sent me to you" (Exodus 3:13-14 NKJV). In order to know who you are you must know who God is; then you'll have credibility, confidence, direction and purpose b) "But suppose they will not believe me'... So the Lord said to him, 'What is that in your hand?' He said, 'A rod.' And He said, 'Cast it on the ground.' So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent" (Exodus 4:1-3 NKJV). Moses already had what he needed, he just didn't recognise it or know how to use it until God showed him. Getting the idea? In order to know who you are and who God is, you must have frequent encounters with Him.

SoulFood Bible Readings: Song of Songs 5-8, Luke 23:44-56, Ps 91, Pr 21:28-31

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