Reflection from Nigel PriceMatthew 6.19-23Treasures in Heaven “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! (NIV)ReflectionLife is about choices and this chapter of Matthew is all about the choices we make. In Pilgrim’s Progress there was the choice between the wide straight inviting path and the winding difficult one that led to greater rewards. When Matthew talks about heaven in this passage he is not referring to the heaven of after-life, but the heaven that is to be found in the present on earth if the choice is made to love God and follow Jesus. God gives everyone that freely made choice whether to love him or not. He does not coerce and the love that follows is so much greater and rewarding for that. So what is your choice – earthly pleasures or heavenly rewards?Additional CollectHoly God, faithful and unchanging: enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth, and draw us more deeply into the mystery of your love, that we may truly worship you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen Common Worship: Collects and Post Communions, material from which is included here, is copyright © The Archbishops' Council 2000
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