What do you treasure most in your life? Most people say their family. Isaiah 33 speaks of the majesty of the Lord God this way. "How great is God? He always protects His people and gives them wisdom and knowledge. Their greatest treasure is their reverence for the Lord."
How does reverence for God become your life’s greatest treasure? First, submit to him completely and then change what you’ve put in place of the reverence that belongs to God. When you make reverence for God your greatest treasure, he gives you strength and wisdom for making this your life’s priority.
Getting rid of sin and evil in your life is difficult, but it’s necessary for reverence of God to have first place. Hebrews 12:1 tells us to "Rid yourself of everything that gets in the way, especially the sin that holds on to you so tightly." This is possible as you keep your eyes completely fixed on Jesus and keep your heart and mind receptive to his cleansing power. You can do that. God will help.
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The God who said, “Out of darkness the light shall
shine!” is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the
knowledge of God’s glory shining in the face of Christ. Yet we who have this
spiritual treasure are like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme
power belongs to God, not to us. We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes
in doubt, but never in despair.
~2 Corinthians 4:6-8 Good News Bible
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