Buried Treasure - part two

I've been thinking some more about the comments of Jesus: "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also". There are two dangers for to guard against. The one, that I mentioned earlier, has to do with a tendency to invest our hearts in things that are in the "here and now" as opposed to things that really matter from an eternal perspective. We live in a materialistic world that pulls at our hearts on a daily basis. It serves to distract us from cultivating a heart that God can use for His purposes. The second danger pops up from the other extreme. It is a tendency to view the Kingdom of God from a "somewhere out there" perspective as if God's kingdom is a buried treasure that can only be accessed after we die. When that happens we view life as though we are making deposits in heaven during this life and will reap those rewards only when we arrive in heaven. While this protects us from materialism, it also insulates us from the material world around us. When our hearts belong to God we have the ability to share what it means to live under the reign and lordship of God.