Same Place?

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do no break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21).

When I was a little girl I vividly remember the memorial service of our rich landlord. I even saw the hearse passing the street. Looking back though he had no U-haul attached to his hearse. All his many mansions, many buildings, his many treasures were left behind.

Interestingly in India where I come from, coffins are either plain white sheets in which bodies are wrapped for disposal or some simple wooden ones. Makes sense to me.
Then I remember one of the homeless soul we use to minister to under the bridge. When he passed away he had the same kind of burial. Time of death –in accordance with the Maker, difference at death – none.

And then in my early twenties the Lord put in my hand the autobiography of a humble man, namely George Mueller. (German - born as : Johann Georg Ferdinand Müller) (September 27, 1805 – March 10, 1898), a Christian evangelist and Director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England, cared for 10,024 orphans in his life. He was well-known for providing an education to the children under his care, to the point where he was accused of raising the poor above their natural station in life. He also established 117 schools which offered Christian education to over 120,000 children, many of them being orphans.

Interestingly enough I gained a new perspective when I read that he not only did all this but during his entire life NEVER raised a single dollar, NEVER wrote a single newsletter nor did any kind of campaigning to acquire funds for the very noble cause of the orphans or his work. Anytime apart from his work was spent on his knees in prayer.

Through the autobiography of his life and by the Spirit of God I gained a new understanding to the meaning of “where your treasure is there will be your heart also".

If our treasure is in the heart of God then our heart will trust that God for the treasures we need.

He who made the heavens and the earth is well able to provide for the needs of the ministry and every other need, be it for a good paying job, or the coloring books for the children in the orphanage or the 2000 sq. foot building we need to build for some worthy cause.

He has not changed since the beginning of time. He provided everything that George Mueller prayed for because George Mueller’s treasure was the heart of God and our cry daily should be the same…let our treasure be in you and you alone, oh my God.