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In “Where Is Your Treasure?” Jay Mijares walks through Matthew 6:19–24 and asks a simple but searching question: what do you treasure most? Jesus warns against hoarding “treasures on earth” that moth, rust, and thieves can reach, and urges us instead to lay up “treasures in heaven.” Jay notes this isn’t an attack on possessions themselves—it’s a heart issue. In the first century, wealth showed up as fine clothes and full granaries; today it’s phones, cars, accounts, and square footage. Either way, “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Jesus then shifts to eyesight: “the eye is the lamp of the body.” Clear spiritual vision lets God’s light fill our lives; clouded vision lets darkness in. What we fix our eyes on shapes our desires—and eventually our character. God’s Word functions like a mirror and a diagnostic: it reveals what we truly prize and invites a course correction.
The passage ends with a line we can’t wiggle past: “No one can serve two masters… You cannot serve God and mammon.” Jay explains that “mammon” isn’t just money; it’s anything material that becomes a rival god. The call is decisive: choose whom you will serve. When Jesus is our treasure, we hold earthly gifts loosely and use them generously for God and others. That re-aimed love—away from self and toward God—turns our resources into tools for eternal good. Seek the riches of heaven, keep your eyes clear, and remember daily: Jesus is your treasure, and He will never fail you.
Sunday Morning Messages from God's Word
This podcast is the message archives of the Lake Merced Church of Christ in San Francisco.