“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
My son and the cousins his age are headed up to my parent’s this week. My mom has plans to take the kids on a Pirate Cruise (https://www.munisingpiratecruises.com/). Yesterday my son started asking questions about it. Would they get treasure? Would there be real cannons?
This got me thinking about all the treasures we tend to store up here on earth. Maybe it’s money, maybe it’s something different. No matter what it is, the material things of this earth are only temporary. If you pour all of your time and energy into something here on earth, that is where your heart is also.
We are told that instead we should be storing up treasures in heaven. What are treasures in heaven? Investing in people, rather than things (Luke 12:32-22, Luke 14:13-14), faithfully enduring persecution (Matt. 5:11-12, 2 Cor. 4:16-18, 2 Tim. 4:8), loving your enemies (Matt. 5:43-48), praying in secret (Matt. 6:5-6), serving the Lord and his people (Matt. 10:41-42, 1 Cor. 3:9, Heb. 6:10).
There are just a few examples. When it comes to the greatest treasure we can have, it will be seeing God face-to-face.
Are you investing in earthly or heavenly treasures today?
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