What means most to you in the world?

It's funny how adverts can have a lasting effect on you some for good reasons and others for more annoying reasons, I only need to say the word "simples" and you all know instantly what advert I'm talking about, its the compare the meerkat adverts. Or "go Harvey go" and you know that its Harvey Norman.

There is an advert on T.V. at the minute for security alarms, the premise of the advert is very simple, there are a number of people who are asked what means most to you in the world? There are the range of answers you would expect. For some people it may be their family, their wife, others choose things that are perhaps not as worthy such as their lap-top or their sound system is another one.

But the basic idea of the advert is that whatever the most important thing in the world is to you, you should protect it by purchasing one of these home alarms to give you peace of mind that its protected even when you are not there.

In His great sermon, Jesus asked people what means most to them in the world, we read in Matthew 6:

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Contrary to what many people think Jesus here is not telling people not to have stuff, but rather putting their faith in their things, in their things that they own. Jesus points out to his hearers that if you just collect things people will break in and steal or eventually it will wear out. Jesus tells his hearers that where your treasure is, that's where you will put all your faith and trust. The only thing that will never disappoint you is Jesus Christ and heavenly treasure that he can offer us.

So what means the most to you in the world? Is it your family, your job, your money or your social status? The thing which should mean the most to us and the thing that will never disappoint us, that will never break and that no one can ever steal is heavenly treasure and storing that up for ourselves.