19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
- Matthew 6:19-24
Everyone is motivated by something.
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.”
- Matthew 6:1
“...You cannot serve God and money.”
- Matthew 6:24b
“27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?”
- Matthew 6:27
Our greatest motivations can become our masters.
2 “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
- Matthew 6:2
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal…
- Matthew 6:19
Jesus is worthy of being the Master of our lives.
4… And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- Matthew 6:4b
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
- Matthew 6:20
Our focus can change from ourselves to the King and His Kingdom.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light…
- Matthew 6:22
Jesus meets our needs and surpasses our expectations.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
- Matthew 6:33