During her college days, my youngest daughter would often call me up on Saturday nights or Sunday mornings and leave me a message or text and say…“Preach ‘em up, daddy!” I suppose you would have to be a pastor to understand, but her encouragement was also a reminder of my most sacred responsibility as a minister of Jesus Christ. I am called to preach…and to point others to Christ. And to know Him and to follow Him and to trust Him with your life is to discover an “upward way.”
The book of proverbs commends the child of God to “treasure up my commandments within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding…then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.” (Proverbs 2:1-2, 5 NRSV)
It would be wise for all of us to encourage one another to “treasure up” those things that enable us to discover God’s way for our lives each day. As we pursue His guidance with the enthusiasm of treasure hunters and with the joy of those who do find life abundant in Him, we will know as Jesus taught, that where our treasure is, there our heart is also.
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