Jesus said, “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. Matthew 6:19–21

Where is your heart today? Is it full of earthly things or is it pondering the eternal things of God’s Kingdom?

To put it a different way, what are you holding on to? Things of life or things of heaven. Temporary things or eternal things?

Jesus reminds us (from the Sermon on the Mount) to know the difference between everlasting and temporal.

I said on Sunday we often latch on to things we can see and forsake the unseen (spiritual). After all, “Seeing is believing.” But don’t forget what Jesus said about that very phrase to Thomas the disciple who needed to see the resurrected Jesus before he would believe in him.

Then Jesus told Thomas, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29

Blessings (God’s favor) rest upon those who believe in what they cannot see. There is blessing for those who are storing up treasures in heaven because they are getting ready for what is ahead.  Those folks don’t need to see God’s Kingdom to know it is very real.

Since we can’t take our stuff with us to heaven, what are those “treasures” that Jesus talks about?

Paul tells us, that the things of life will eventually pass away except for three things…

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1Corinthians 13:13

Those are our treasures.

Faith (trust) in God. Trusting in the forgiveness Jesus gave us from the cross.

Hope in the future promises made by God in scripture. Hope is knowing God keeps his promises.

Love. Love for God, Love for other people.

Those are the treasures we cultivate and grow today. One day, in heaven, we will see the dividend of those riches in the people we shared them in this life.

God bless,
Pr. Ben