Real Treasure
Posted on Jan 25, 2008 under God' Plan |“Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven.”Matthew 6:19-20
Everything in this life will pass. We will walk this earth for less than a century; it is the next life that will be eternal. It is the next life that will matter because it is forever.
I’ve been “middle age” for several years now and I can’t deny that I’ve thought about the last part of my life when I’ll need to find a means of financial support beyond a regular job. Will my husband and I have enough “set aside” to carry us through to the end? Interesting, we’ll need enough for 10 or 20 years, maybe a little longer. Yet we seldom give any consideration to to the treasures we’ve stored for the next life that will go far beyond 20 or more years.
You would think that preparing for eternity would count for more than a measly decade or two. You would think that we’d be storing up treasures for eternity from the time we learned about it. Why is it we take for granted our place in heaven, and concentrate on this life? Why do we not trust the Lord to provide for us during our visit here on earth, and spend our time earning our treasure in heaven?
Today, let’s all remember that nothing we have here on earth will go with us into eternity. Let’s never forget that everything we’ve accumulated here on earth will rot away while the good we do and the love we share will go with us into forever. Let’s keep in mind that we need only trust in God to care for us here and that our real treasure awaits us in Heaven.
