A couple of days ago, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped almost 400 points. In technical terms: that's a whole bunch in one day. Until about 6 months ago, I had no idea exactly why anyone would care specifically about a stock index. It seemed like something of vague interest to people who owned a lot of stock in an IRA or 401k. I recently came to understand it's significance and it's not what I thought, but that's not the point.
For anyone who cares enough to understand why it matters (the Dow, etc) there's a risk of putting your heart into what happens in the markets. It reminds me of the teaching of Jesus that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle (a certain type of gate that was low and narrow) than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Likewise, the parable of the seed (Mark 4) teaches that thorns (cares of this life) can choke out God's word (his call/work in our lives) and make it unfruitful.
So here's the challenge - what do you pay attention to? What do you worry about? What captures your heart? That's where your treasure is. Make sure it's in the right place.
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