Where is the Treasure?

The Lord tells us “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal” in Matthew 6:19. Why do you think He tells us that? I believe it’s because Jesus being fully God and fully man understood our earthly weaknesses, Hebrews 4:15. He knows that if we are not careful, we can easily get sucked into this world and take our eyes off of Heaven.  So are we storing up treasures on heaven or on earth?

            How many times do we find ourselves striving to build up our savings account, rather than our spirituality? We put the extra time in at work and spend less time at church. We can get so lost in this world and its distractions, if we do not watch where we are storing our treasures. If our minds are more focused on this world and its tempting offers instead of the Lord, friends we are truly putting our investment in a place “where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.”  We know that if we are putting our faith and time in this place, then our hearts will be here also, Matthew 6:21.

            A lot of us are saying “I would never put money or material things before my God”, but is that what we show with our actions? Money brings us much comfort in this world! If not careful we can find ourselves bowing down before the dollar bill, worshiping it instead of God. I find it so ironic one of the biggest false idols most Americans worship, has “In God We Trust” across the front of it. We cannot serve both money and God; we will have to choose one, Matthew 6:24. Money means nothing to God. Our riches will be worthless on Judgment Day. We cannot buy our way into Heaven or buy our way out of Hell.  

            So what must we do instead? Well Jesus tells us “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal” “for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also,” Matthew 6:20-21. So the question is do we want our hearts stored with God in glory or with thieves, moths, and corrupting material of this sinful world? Friends let us always choose to store our treasure (heart) in the incorruptible hands of our God!