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“Let us look at what the Word of God says.”
> “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
> — Matthew 6:21 (NKJV)
> “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is *good*, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is *bad*, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”
> — Matthew 6:22–23 (NKJV)
The lyrics you have presented revolve around two central statements of Jesus:
1. Where your treasure is, your heart will follow.
2. The condition of your “eye” determines whether you are full of light or full of darkness.
Both are in the same passage in the Sermon on the Mount, and they are not random sayings. Jesus is teaching about the direction of our lives: what we value, what we look at, what we set our inner focus upon. These determine the condition of our heart, and ultimately, our destiny.
The central question in this teaching is very direct:
Your answer to those questions will reveal the true state of your heart before God.
The song echoes the command of Jesus:
> “Store up treasures in heaven—
> your heart will follow there.”
This is not a suggestion. It is a spiritual law. Your heart always follows your treasure. If you want to redirect your heart, you must redirect your treasure.
These words of Jesus are taken from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5–7). Jesus is speaking primarily to His disciples, with the crowds also listening. He is not addressing the pagan world; He is addressing those who claim to belong to God.
In Matthew 6, Jesus is dealing with three major areas of practical righteousness:
1. Giving (Matthew 6:1–4)
2. Prayer (Matthew 6:5–15)
3. Fasting (Matthew 6:16–18)
In all three, He confronts hypocrisy: doing spiritual things to be seen by men. Then He turns to *treasure* and *possessions*:
> “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
> but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.”
> — Matthew 6:19–20
Jesus contrasts:
Then comes the verse that governs the whole issue:
> “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (v. 21)
Immediately after speaking of treasure, Jesus speaks of the eye:
> “The lamp of the body is the eye…” (v. 22)
We might think He has changed the subject. He has not. He is still speaking about the same reality: the direction of our inner life.
In that culture, the “eye” represented your outlook, your focus, the way you *look* at life—especially at material things. He is exposing a hidden inner root: the way we look at treasure reveals whether we are full of light or full of darkness.
Later in the same chapter, Jesus continues:
> “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other,
> or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.
> You cannot serve God and mammon.”
> — Matthew 6:24
“Mammon” here is not merely money; it is wealth personified—a spiritual power that seeks our worship and service. So the context is very clear:
Jesus is addressing a battle for the heart of the believer: Who or what will rule you?
### 1. “Treasure” – *thēsauros* (θησαυρός)
The Greek word translated “treasure” in Matthew 6:21 is thēsauros. From this we get our English word “thesaurus”—a storehouse of words.
Meaning:
*Thēsauros* means a storehouse, a place of deposit, or the valuables themselves. It speaks of:
It can be material (money, goods) or immaterial (truth, wisdom, promises).
This clarifies the lyrics:
> “Store up treasures in heaven—
> your heart will follow there.”
You are always *storing* something. The question is not, “Do you have a treasure?” but “Where are you depositing your treasure?” If your storehouse is on earth, your heart is anchored to earth. If your storehouse is in heaven, your heart is drawn heavenward.
### 2. “Good / Healthy Eye” – *haplous* (ἁπλοῦς)
and “Bad / Unhealthy Eye” – *ponēros* (πονηρός)
In Matthew 6:22–23 the NKJV says “good” and “bad,” some translations say “healthy” and “unhealthy.” The Greek words are:
In Hebrew thought, there was a phrase “a good eye” and “an evil eye.”
Proverbs 28:22 says:
> “A man with an evil eye hastens after riches,
> And does not consider that poverty will come upon him.”
So when Jesus says:
> “If therefore your eye is good (haplous), your whole body will be full of light.”
He is saying:
Then your entire inner life is flooded with light.
But if your eye is *ponēros*—evil, covetous, divided, controlled by greed—your whole being is filled with darkness, even if you imagine you are in the light.
This significantly deepens the line:
> “Keep your heart fixed on heaven—
> let your eyes be clear and single.”
A “clear and single” eye is a heart that is not divided between God and mammon. It is a heart that is not secretly serving two masters.
### “For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.”
This is not a wish. It is a statement of spiritual law. The heart (*kardia* in Greek) is the center of your inner life—your will, your affections, your decisions.
Notice the order:
In other words:
This explains why many believers say they love heaven, yet their heart is tied to earth. Their money, their time, their energy, their plans are all invested in earthly things. Their treasure contradicts their words.
Colossians 3:1–2 says:
> “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
> Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.”
Your treasure reveals whether this is true of you. You can measure your heart by your practical investments.
### “Where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.
Store up treasures in heaven—
your heart will follow there.”
The song rightly emphasizes the direction: your heart will follow.
How do we “store up treasures in heaven”? The New Testament gives several clear ways:
1. Giving to the poor and to the work of God
> “Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail…”
> — Luke 12:33
When you give in obedience and faith, you are moving treasure from earth’s bank into heaven’s account.
2. Obedience under persecution
> “Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven…”
> — Matthew 5:12
3. Faithful service and stewardship
> “Well done, good and faithful servant… Enter into the joy of your lord.”
> — Matthew 25:21
4. Enduring trials with faith
> “Rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings…
> that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.”
> — 1 Peter 4:13
Every obedience, every act of sacrificial love, every step of faith in the will of God becomes treasure in heaven. As you consistently choose to invest in what is eternal, your affections are drawn away from the temporary.
The song then moves to the second image: the eye.
### “The eye is the lamp of the body.
If your eyes are healthy,
your whole body will be full of light.”
The “eye” here is not just your physical eye. It is the *focus* of your inner life—your attention, your motive, your perspective.
Hebrews 12:2 uses a similar concept:
> “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…”
The Greek verb there (*aphoraō*) means to look away from all else and fix your gaze on one object. That is a “single eye.”
If your eye is “healthy” (*haplous*—single, undivided):
Then your whole being is full of light—truth, clarity, discernment, moral purity.
Psalm 119:130 confirms this:
> “The entrance of Your words gives light;
> It gives understanding to the simple.”
A single eye toward God opens the entire inner life to the light of His Word.
### “But if your eyes are unhealthy,
your whole body will be full of darkness.
If then the light in you is darkness,
how great is that darkness!”
The terrifying possibility is that a person may think he has light, yet what is in him is darkness. This is religious deception.
An “unhealthy” (*ponēros*, evil) eye is:
Such a person may still use religious language, quote scriptures, participate in ministry—but inwardly, the driving force is another master: mammon, self, worldly ambition.
Jesus warns: “How great is that darkness!” Religious darkness is deeper than open sin, because it hides under a cloak of supposed light.
The lyrics echo this danger by calling us back to singleness:
### “Keep your heart fixed on heaven—
let your eyes be clear and single.”
This line captures the essence of Matthew 6:22–23. The way to avoid inner darkness is:
Psalm 57:7 says:
> “My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed” (KJV).
James 1:8 warns:
> “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
A double-minded believer has a divided eye. Part of him wants God, part of him wants the world. Part of him wants to serve, part of him wants to be seen. That person is unstable in all his ways and open to deception.
When your heart is fixed on heaven, your goals, your measurements of success, your sense of identity—all are aligned with eternal realities.
### Returning to the refrain
> “Where your treasure is,
> there your heart will be also.
> Store up treasures in heaven—
> your heart will follow there.”
The repetition in the lyrics is appropriate. Jesus Himself repeats this principle throughout His teaching in various forms. Your heart cannot be detached from your treasure. Therefore, if you want a pure heart, you must change your treasure. If you want a single eye, you must change your focus.
This touches spiritual warfare directly. The spirit of this age seeks to capture:
If it can fix your eye on temporary gain and keep your treasure tied to earth, it has effectively anchored your heart away from God’s purposes.
1 John 2:15–17 warns:
> “Do not love the world or the things in the world.
> If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
> For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh,
> the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—
> is not of the Father but is of the world.
> And the world is passing away, and the lust of it;
> but he who does the will of God abides forever.”
Notice “the lust of the eyes.” The enemy uses the eye-gate to draw your heart after what is passing away. Jesus counters this by commanding a single eye fixed on eternal treasure.
Theory does not transform us. Obedience does. Let us make this very practical. How do we store treasures in heaven and have a single eye?
### First, we must identify our present treasure.
Ask the Holy Spirit to show you, very specifically, where your treasure is.
Questions to ask honestly:
These will reveal your actual treasure.
Practical step:
Write down your top three priorities as they appear from your use of:
Then compare them to Matthew 6:33:
> “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…”
If the kingdom of God is not first in your actual practice (not just in your words), you have identified where your heart has been drawn away.
### Second, we must repent of a divided eye and divided heart.
Repentance is not an emotion; it is a decision to turn. When the Holy Spirit convicts you of wrong treasure or a double focus, you must respond.
Practical step:
1 John 1:9 promises:
> “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Do not merely ask for forgiveness; ask for cleansing from the darkness associated with an evil eye.
### Third, we must deliberately redirect our treasure.
Remember: your heart follows your treasure. If you wait for your heart to feel different before you change your investments, you will remain bound. You change your heart by changing your treasure.
Practical areas:
1. Finances:
2. Time:
3. Attention (eye):
Every act of obedience in these areas is another deposit in heaven’s treasury—and your heart will move in that direction.
### Fourth, we must continuously cultivate a single eye.
This is not a one-time decision. The pressures of life constantly try to divide your focus. You must guard your eye.
Practical strategies:
1. Daily proclamation of your allegiance.
Regularly confess with your mouth that you serve God, not mammon (Matthew 6:24). Words have spiritual power. They align your inner life.
2. Regular examination.
Periodically ask: Has my eye become divided again? Have I allowed worry about provision, or desire for status, or love of comfort to regain control?
3. Fix your gaze on Christ and eternity.
Meditate on passages that anchor you in the eternal:
You cannot maintain a single eye without a living, ongoing vision of Jesus and of eternity.
### Proclamation
Speak this aloud:
“I confess Jesus Christ as my Lord. I refuse to serve mammon, the spirit of this age, or my own selfish desires. The Word of God says, ‘Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’ Therefore, by a decision of my will, I choose to store up treasures in heaven. I choose to invest my time, my finances, my abilities, and my attention in the Kingdom of God.
I declare that my eye will be single. My focus will be on the Lord Jesus Christ, seated at the right hand of God. I set my mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Because my eye is single, my whole being will be full of light. The darkness of greed, fear, covetousness, and divided loyalty has no place in me.
My treasure is in heaven. My heart follows my treasure. Therefore my heart is set on heaven, on Christ, and on the will of God. By the grace of God and by the power of the Holy Spirit, I renounce every divided allegiance and I yield myself wholly to God, in Jesus’ name. Amen.”
### Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, You have spoken plainly: where our treasure is, there our heart will be also. I come to You and submit to Your Word. I ask You, by the Holy Spirit, to expose every false treasure in my life. Shine Your light into my motives, my desires, my use of time and money. Reveal any area where my eye has been evil, divided, or darkened by the love of this world.
I repent of serving mammon in any form. I renounce greed, covetousness, fear of lack, and the pursuit of status in this world. Cleanse me from the darkness that has entered through a wrong focus. Wash me in Your blood, and renew a right spirit within me.
Holy Spirit, fix my heart on heaven. Give me a single eye—clear, generous, undivided—fixed on Jesus. Teach me how to store up treasures in heaven through obedience, generosity, faithfulness, and endurance. Work in me both to will and to do for Your good pleasure.
Let my whole being be full of light—Your light, Your truth, Your presence. Guard me from deception, from religious darkness that imagines it is light. Establish me as a faithful steward who lives for the age to come. I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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