You know that I have many titles. Do you see me as the president of a large corporation? Part of the job of a business manager is to hire staff and assign them to the proper positions. A good manager will find people who are well-suited for the job in every way, including natural talent, skill, experience, character and temperament. Do you understand that I have a job for everyone in my Kingdom? Not all of them pay wages in the wealth of this world, but all have rewards in heaven. Submit your application and trust me to assign you a task for which I created you and prepared you for it is your destiny. 

Do you think of the Bible as words of life? Yet it contains some difficult passages. I spoke words that neither my friends or my enemies liked, about eating my flesh and drinking my blood. Even Peter was distressed, but he would not go away, for he affirmed that I spoke the words of life. Have you ever heard Christians using scripture to make proclamations against those who do not believe, declaring over them eternal judgment? That is not their job, for I also teach you not to say, even in your heart, who shall ascend into heaven, and who shall descend into hell. Don’t turn the words of life into words of death. 

I tell you to lay up treasure in heaven where it is really safe, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Do you think this refers to treasure only in terms of money? But you are not laying up money in heaven. Treasure in this world can consist of money, but it can mean other things too. Even if you have a godly attitude toward money and are not materialistic, are there things here that you treasure in a way that displaces me or interferes with your accumulation of treasure in heaven? Ponder this question in a broad sense. The scripture passage implies that your treasure is whatever you give your heart to.

Are you led by the Spirit? Do you claim this as a matter of Biblical doctrine or as a matter of firsthand experience? Do not use this question as a basis for self-condemnation. It is possible to be more aware of the leading of the Spirit in hindsight, when you look back and realize that I was with you all along, even though it felt at the time as if you were wandering or groping along alone. I speak in a still small voice, but I do speak, and have promised that you will hear my voice. Do you see how pleasant and favorable it is to hear my voice in the moment, to walk with a constant awareness of my presence with you and my guidance?