6:19 Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

 

The things which we may gather to ourselves on earth are of little value compared to heavenly and eternal things, which Jesus called true riches (Luke 16:11). Why lay up that which does not keep its value, when we can lay up that which is of everlasting worth? Why lay up what may be stolen from us when we can have what will never be taken away? If we want to receive the things of God in full measure then we must seek them and not those things that belong to this world.  We are not to set our affection upon them (Col. 3:1-2), or put our trust in them, and we should consider them of little value in the light of eternity.

 

6:20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

 

The eternal things of God are not subject to decay, and are the source of real happiness and joy. The God who provides us with them also keeps them for us. He guarantees that they shall never be taken from us (Col. 1:5). 

 

6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

 

If what is most important to us (our treasure) is in heaven then our whole heart will be taken up with it and our focus will be heavenward - it is where our love, affection, hope, and trust will be. The greatest treasure that we can possess is the Lord Jesus Christ and we have this treasure in our frail human bodies (2 Cor. 4: 7). 

 

6:22-23 The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

 

Jesus uses this illustration to show that we must have single vision, our eyes must be focused on Him and our desires on the things of heaven. By the help of our natural eyesight, we can properly identify and understand things. If there is any defect in the eye then we are not able to receive sufficient light to give clear vision. The spiritual eye is the spirit within man (Prov. 20:27) for it is there that God has commanded the Light of His glorious gospel to shine (2 Cor. 4:6), giving us an understanding of who He is and of heavenly things. If there is anything in our lives that detracts us from God then our spiritual eyesight will be defective. If we hinder the Light of God from entering our spirit then we will not be able to receive that full knowledge of the Glory of God as it is revealed in Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4: 6).

 

6:24 No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

 

We cannot have one foot in the world and one in Christ. We cannot we divide ourselves between serving God and serving mammon, that is whatever this world has to offer. It must be one or the other. Serving God half - heartedly will result in us going away from God altogether. A doubleminded man unstable in all his ways (James 1:6 - 8).

 

Do not worry. V25 - 34
As we serve God fully, so He will take full care of us. So, we have no cause for worrying. (Phil. 4:6 and 1 Pet. 5:7).

 

6:25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

 

We are not to charge ourselves with care about obtaining enough food and drink to live, or clothes to wear. God will taek this charge of caring for His children on Himself. They are not things we should concern ourselves about, for the Kingdom of God "is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost" (Rom. 14:17). That is what we should concern ourselves with. God had already declared that man shall not live by bread only, but by every word that goes forth from Him (Deut. 8:3).

 

6:26 Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are?

 

The birds of the air do not concern themselves qwith the work of growing and harvesting theri own food, for although they are not as valuable to God as we are, yet He feeds them. They do not make provision for themselves, but leave it for God to take care of them.
 
6:27 And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life?

 

In this deliberately ridiculous question Jesus shows how senseless it is for us to worry, for by doing so we do not alter our own circumstances one bit. How ridiulous to worry!
 
6:28-29 Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

 

The flowers of the field do neither work, nor make their own clothes and yet in comparison with them, the richest King who ever lived, Solomon, was not as splendidly clothed as they were. 

 

6:30 And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won't he clothe you even more, you people of little faith?

 

Here we are challenged by Christ to see that if God takes care of meadow flowers which are here today and gone tomorrow, how much more will He care for us, His own dear children who shall live with him eternally? Christ chides our anxiety in that it reveals just how little trust we trust God. He not only provide us clothing for today, but with wonderful garments suitable for heaven (Isa. 61:10).

 

6:31-32 So then, don't worry saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

 

Since we have witnessed in nature God's provision for the birds and flowers, and the much greater love and concern which He has for His own, then we are not to concern oursleves with such things, as if God were not our father (as the unsaved do, the Gentiles). Their lives are completely taken up with the things of the world, for they do not know the blessings of the next world. God our Father is fully aware of what we want and will "supply all our needs according to His riches in glory by Jesus Christ (Phil. 4:19). 

 

6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

First and foremost, above everything else, we are to seek for the things that belong to the Kingdom of God and do what is right in God's sight. As we do we will have no cause to worry for God has promised to give to us everything that He knows we need.

 

6:34 So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

 

Or we could say, do not borrow tomorrow's worries and cares for tomorrow might never come. Take one day at a time. Remember that Jesus was speaking to His disciples who had given up their means of living to follow Him and we know that Peter, if not more of them, was married and could very well have had children. So when he tells us not to worry, Jesus is fully aware of all our circumstances.

What does worry rob us of? Faith, confidence, peace, joy, sleep and our fruitfulness (Matt. 13:22).