iTreasures

I have joined the iPhone world. Again. I took a break from having an iPhone for 7 months. It's actually a funny story. Or maybe an embarrassing story. Which ever way you wanna take it. 

After being back from Haiti last summer, I felt so much guilt for having a fancy dancy iPhone when I grew close to precious children at Life Is Hope that had lost almost everything during the earthquake. They were so happy just to have a crayon or a bracelet to make. The guilt and emotions drove me to the point where I just didn't want it anymore. While my family and my two close friends were on a beach trip, I traded in my iPhone for a ranky dink phone that only called and texted. I really do enjoy having technology but sometimes I just feel trapped in it or overrun by it all. But I've come to realize over this time without an iPhone that it's really not about the things we have that define whats important to us or who we truly are on the inside. Yeah, I think if your top priority is to have the latest gadget in your reach than you've missed the point. 

As I was thinking about all this, the parable in Matthew 6 came to mind, where Jesus is teaching about money and possessions. 

"Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be."  Matthew 6:19-21 (NLT)

I've recently paid more attention to Jesus' tone of voice and the use of words and their meanings and been intrigued by the way He spoke to people. It's almost like He's being a tad sarcastic in a way. Like, He knows everything but yet people still seem to think they are fooling Him. 

Wherever my treasures are, there is my heart too. I can talk all day long about how much the Lord means to me but if I am not putting my values and riches into Him and His name, my heart is not with Him. It's all just talk. It means nothing. 

So even though I have an iPhone now and I'll tweet stupid things about my day, instagram hipster photographs of my coffee and my dog, and watch youtube videos of Barbra Streisand singing 'My Man', that will not be where my treasure is. And if it becomes my treasure, I will fast from it and replace all the time I spend on my phone, in the Word and in prayer putting my heart in sync with my Creator. 

I want to desire God more than anything.