If the wrong things matter too much to us they are going to cause problems.
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
This is why the eye of our body needs to be sound. It needs to see good things as good and bad things as bad. The more we can discern the value of what we see the less we can be disceived by darkness.
We look at riches see some possible good. There are positive things that can be done with riches. But they cannot solve the deepest and most serious problems. The only riches that can solve those sorts of problems are the treasures we store in heaven.
But store up treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
The eye of Athaliah is not sound. She wants to rule the land of Israel more than she cares about the will of God for his kingdom. She goes to great lengths of violence to ensure this happens. We too tend to want to rule in our spheres of life. When the LORD invites us to surrender more to him we tend to kill those thoughts as quickly as we can.
We need to learn to embrace to will of the King for his Kingdom. We need to embrace the words he speaks to us and the invitations he offers.
They proclaimed him king and anointed him,
clapping their hands and shouting, "Long live the king!"
Let us not be traitors, not even in small things. Let us commit all that we are to the service of the King. If our eyes are sound this will make sense. We won't easily fall for the lies of usurpers. What if our eyes are imperfect? "Lord, let me recover my sight" (see Luke 18:41), we pray. And with Paul we ask that the eyes of our hearts be enlightened (see Ephesians 1:18). Jesus is the light of the world. He wants to open our eyes to the truth.
In her will I make a horn to sprout forth for David;
I will place a lamp for my anointed.
His enemies I will clothe with shame,
but upon him my crown shall shine.
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