First Baptist Church Groton, VT

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May 17, 2026

05/10/2026

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth… but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven… For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:19–21

It’s about the car you don’t want scratched.
The home you’re trying to perfect.
The job that begins to define you.
The human approval you crave.

The plans you’ve built that feel too important to surrender.

These things can slowly become your treasure.

And when they do, they begin to own you.

You think about them constantly. You protect them. You measure your worth by them.

And when they’re threatened or taken, your peace goes with them.

That is exactly what Jesus is addressing.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth…”

Why?

Money fluctuates. Possessions break.
Plans change. Everything here is temporary.

And eventually, it will all disappear.

But Christ redirects the heart.

“Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven…”

This is using our money, time, gifts, homes, influence, words, and lives for His glory instead of our own.

It is giving instead of grasping. Serving instead of seeking applause. Obeying instead of chasing comfort.

It is loving Christ more… than what He gives.

You can have influence and not worship it.
You can have possessions and not be possessed by them.

You can enjoy good gifts without making them your god.

How?

By remembering this:

Christ is your treasure.

You don’t have to strive to hold everything together. You don’t have to fear losing what you have.

You don’t have to build your identity on something temporary.

You can receive every good thing as God’s grace, and still hold it with open hands.

Success. Money. Comfort. Influence. Opportunity.

The fear of losing it. The pressure to keep it.
The temptation to make it your treasure.

Put it all back in His hands.

And you remind your soul of what is true:

If everything else is taken, and only Christ remains…

Nothing promised has been touched.

What you lost was passing.
What you have cannot perish.

Christ is not what’s left over.

He is what was always worth having.

And in Him, you have everything.

05/10/2026

May 10, 2026
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05/03/2026

May 3, 2026

03/28/2026

You Keep Saying You Are Not Enough. God Never Asked You To Be.

One of the enemy’s favorite lies is making you stare at your own weakness until it feels bigger than God’s calling.

That is where Moses was.

Standing in front of the burning bush, he was not full of confidence. He was not bold. He was not polished. He was not giving God a list of strengths and qualifications. He was painfully aware of his limits. He knew his fear. He knew his past. He knew his insecurity. And in that moment, what came out of him was the same thing that comes out of so many of us.

“I am not enough.”

That is the cry of the person who sees the assignment but also sees their flaws.

It is the cry of the mother who feels overwhelmed.
It is the cry of the father who feels like he is failing.
It is the cry of the believer who knows God is calling them forward but feels completely unqualified to go.

And yet God did not build His response around Moses’ ability.

God did not say, “No, Moses, you actually are enough.”
He did not flatter his flesh.
He did not tell him to believe in himself more.
He did not give him a self-esteem speech.

He answered with something far greater.

“I Am.”

That changes everything.

Because the answer to your weakness is not a stronger version of you.
The answer is God Himself.

When you feel too small, He is still sovereign.
When you feel too broken, He is still holy.
When you feel too afraid, He is still faithful.
When you feel too empty, He is still the source.
When you feel like you cannot carry what is in front of you, He is still the One who called you there.

The Christian life was never about becoming impressive enough for God to use.
It has always been about surrendering enough to let His power be seen through your weakness.

Some of you keep disqualifying yourselves because you are measuring the call by your strength.
That is the wrong measurement.

If God only called the naturally strong, the fearless, the eloquent, and the flawless, almost nobody would ever be used.
But Scripture keeps showing us the opposite.
God calls people who know they cannot do it without Him so that when it happens, nobody gets confused about who carried the weight.

You may not be enough on your own.

But the point was never you.

The point is that the great I Am still is.