Text: Matthew 6:19-34

1. Our EYES will need to be “FOCUSED” in the RIGHT PLACE! (Matt 6:21-23)

“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”

• The word “light” is lychnos, λύχνος, which means portable candle light, lamp
• The word “single” is haplous, ἁπλοῦς, which means whole, properly folded together, good

2. Our HEART will need to be “FIXED” in the RIGHT PLACE! (Matt 6:19, 20)

“19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

• The word “treasures” is thēsaurous, θησαυροὺς which can mean deposit wealth, or a place where good and precious things are laid up

Personal Application: Jesus seems to be comparing the things we treasure here on earth, which shall fade away or be taken away, to spiritual things, which once deposited in heaven, will remain forever.

3. Our LIFE will need to be “FORTIFIED” in the RIGHT PLACE! (Matt 6:24-34)

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

He exhorts us not to be concerned about worldly things

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

• The word “mammon” is mamōna, μαμωνᾷ, which means wealth, assets, treasure, riches

Personal Application: This passage needs clarification. There is nothing wrong with having possessions….the problem develops when the possessions have us. In other words, if our life evolves around the things we’ve accumulated, they can become idols. Consequently, our time, energy, focus, and life will be controlled by our possessions instead of being controlled by the Holy Spirit.