Three Storehouses

Here are verses on three storehouses: earth, heaven, and
heart:

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where
moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break, in and steal. But store up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where
thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart
will be also” (Matt. 6:19-21).

“You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything
good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man
brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings
evil things out of the evil stored up in him” (Matt. 12:34-35).

The first has to do with where your treasure is—on earth or
in heaven. Where that treasure is, that is where your heart is.

The second passage is talking about the storehouse of your
heart and what you put in it. What is stored up in your heart determines what
comes out of your mouth.

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your
hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set
your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Col. 3:1-2).

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