Matthew 6:21 – “Where your treasure is, there also is your heart.”

I pray that each of us will enjoy God’s perfect peace, precise guidance, and the anointing to break every yoke and pull down and destroy all strongholds of the mind. I pray for God’s power to be manifested in and through each one!

As I read this passage, I was impressed by the Holy Spirit’s urgings of the importance of having an undivided heart and a singleness of purpose, which is God’s purpose.

In Matthew 6:21, Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there also is your heart.”  What holds our hearts?  What is our focus?  Is our desire first Him and the kingdom, or does Anything else hold our hearts?

Dual service is not truly possible.   God is first, or something else is.  If anything becomes a greater focus than God, the Kingdom, and our purpose, it can become an idol, and even if it is good, it becomes a weight that hinders us.

One of the most horrific thoughts is that after life on earth has ended, would be to discover that I had lived with a divided heart.  Not hearing the words “Well done” would be eternally devastating. Instead, we would hear the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:23.   He said to those who had been in the church, ministering, preaching, and prophesying, “I have never known you.”  That would be beyond horrific!  

Yes, I believe! Yes, I have received His pardon, experienced the new birth, and been born again.   Not to get into a theological debate, but those who thought they were okay were involved in labor for the kingdom but had divided hearts did not enter in. God does not want any to perish but for all to have eternal life, but our choice is a part of the equation. John 3:16 is for whosoever will, that indicates choice.

The cry of my heart is to have God as the ultimate focus of my heart, mind, soul, and strength.   We must not get sidetracked by what we want if it hinders us from what His call is.  He gives the desire of the heart when the heart is undivided.  Jesus said that His food and focus were to do the will of the Father.

Matthew 10:38-39 are keys to victory and purpose.  “AND whoever does not take up his (personal) cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.  39 He who is concerned (focused on) about his life shall lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake shall find it.”  If we follow Matthew 6:33, we find that God FIRST creates a platform for life to the fullest.  

In Proverbs, there is an obscure directive – prepare your field, then build your house.  In capsule form (give your heart to the call and purpose of God, then focus on your desires). 

My heart cries for God’s purpose to be fulfilled in me without division or distraction.  What I want or perceive I need is secondary to God’s purpose.   I want the heart of Jesus. I want a heart that says, my food, sustenance, and joy is to do the will of God.  Having an undivided heart is what I am hearing.  God’s call is to Singleness of Purpose.!

Today is a day of victory for everyone who seeks God First. It is your day to rejoice and enjoy God’s goodness!