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Jesus warns us not to store up treasures on earth, because everything on earth is bound to perish, spoil, or fade. He wants us not to put our hearts where loss is guaranteed. Instead, he invites us to invest in treasures in heaven that last forever—treasures that moths cannot destroy, rust cannot corrode, and thieves cannot steal. What we treasure most reveals who we truly are, for our hearts follow our treasure. Loving and following Christ is the way to store our treasures in heaven and is the mark of his people.
If we have healthy spiritual eyes to see eternal things, our whole life will be full of light. But if our eyes are unhealthy, clouded by sin and spiritual blindness, darkness fills our hearts. When our eyes are fixed on Jesus, heavenly light fills our souls.
We cannot serve two masters. Trying to do so leads to constant anxiety. Jesus tells us not to worry about our lives—what we will eat, drink, or wear—because our heavenly Father knows our needs. Birds and flowers testify that God provides for them. Worrying cannot add a single hour to our lives; rather, it robs us of peace. When we seek first God’s kingdom, he takes care of the rest. We must trade anxiety for trust in God.
Feb 4, 2026
SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM
Passage: Matthew 6:19-34
Key verse: 33
NIV
chapter 6
19. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, 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. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
23. 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!
24. "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
25. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
26. Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
27. Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28. "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you - you of little faith?
31. So do not worry, saying, ’What shall we eat?’ or ’What shall we drink?’ or ’What shall we wear?’
32. For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
33. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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Prayer: Lord, help me treasure what is eternal and trust in my Father God’s faithful provision.
One Word: Look at the birds and seek God