11 Jan, 2010
Where Is Your Treasure?
PARIS (Reuters) - French police are investigating whether a pickpocket stole thousands of euros from passengers as they slept on an Air France flight from Tokyo to Paris.
"There is an investigation under way," a spokesman for the border police at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris said when asked to confirm a report on the website of the Le Figaro.
The paper said around 4,000 euros ($5,744) appeared to have been stolen from five business class passengers as they slept on the overnight flight.
"On this flight, which takes off from Tokyo Narita at 10 p.m., passengers often sleep deeply before waking up shortly before arriving in Paris at around 4 a.m.," Le Figaro quoted one of the alleged victims as saying.
A woman alerted the cabin crew when she woke to find a large sum missing, the passenger said."This lady called staff to say that all the cash in her handbag had been stolen. Counting Swiss francs, euros and yen, there was apparently about 3,000 euros," the passenger said.
A spokeswoman for Air France said the pilot had alerted police who were waiting when the flight touched down.
"I would say that it is really extremely rare to have several passengers at once reporting thefts on board," she said.
She said that while the company was responsible for baggage carried in the hold, passengers had responsibility for possessions they had with them in the cabin.
Story and photo taken from: reuters.com.
Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV)
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
If you think about it, much of what we do is based on security. We lock our doors at night before going to bed (at least most of us do!). We lock our cars before going into a store. We have an entire department of the government dedicated to homeland security. Our computers have software to protect it from viruses. You get the picture.
We also work out and eat right to feel secure about our bodies. We are diligent in our school work so that we can make good grades and feel secure. And all that is good. However, Jesus warns that we must be careful not put all our trust and hope in things that will eventually pass away.
Our tendency as people is to take the good things that God gives us and make them god in our lives. Another word for that is an idol. We obssess, worry, or even enjoy things, security, yes even good relationships more than God. God wants first place in our lives and will often remind us through events in our lives that this world is temporary. He is eternal. If you are tired and weary or things aren't working out just right it might be God reminding you that we are made for a better place!
What do you treasure? Things? Friends? Popularity? Take note of where you spend most of your time this week and what you think about most often. You will find clues to what is most important in your life. Take a few minutes each day and pray short prayers that God would become your treasure.
Many people who seem to have it all together either materially or socially are often empty and searching for more. That would describe me in high school. I was fairly popular but grew tired of that life. It was an unlikely friend who invited me to a breakfast at church where I met Jesus. Pray for opportunities to share the treasure of Jesus with someone you know. God may already be preparing their hearts.
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