Storing Treasure
Luke 12
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 32-34) " 'Sell your material possessions, and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves wallets that don't wear out! Make a treasure for yourselves in heaven that never loses its value! In heaven thieves and moths can't get close enough to destroy your treasure. Your heart will be where your treasure is."
My Thoughts
Jesus is talking to His disciples about not worrying, and this is where that section of this passage ends: with Jesus saying to store up treasure in heaven. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Isn't that just so true? I mean, you don't normally put your heart into things that you don't care about, now do you? What you treasure is what you set your heart on.
So what kind of treasure is it that Jesus wants us to store up in heaven? You can''t take anything with you when you die, it all gets left behind. All your money, all your possessions, all stay behind when you die. Even your athletic ability or strength or appearance doesn't really matter when you get to heaven, that kind of stays here as well. Not even knowledge matters when we die.
Love is a treasure that stays with you. Your spirit is what goes to heaven, so the things of the Spirit are what you should treasure. Things like love and peace and hope and faith. 1 Corinthians 13 says that the greatest of these is love. Love for God, love for your friends and family, love for the world and for nature and animals, love for strangers and even your enemies.
That is the kind of treasure we should gather and hoard. Showing love to others can be done in a great number of ways. By helping, guiding, teaching, serving, protecting and standing up for them. Even just a smile or a kind word of encouragement or a hug. All that shows love and all of that makes a huge difference in the grand scheme of things, and matters to God greatly.
Love is the one treasure that I can think of that you cannot hoard for yourself. If you give away love, you get more back. Though if you try to keep it and never give it, you will lose it.
So what kind of treasure is it that Jesus wants us to store up in heaven? You can''t take anything with you when you die, it all gets left behind. All your money, all your possessions, all stay behind when you die. Even your athletic ability or strength or appearance doesn't really matter when you get to heaven, that kind of stays here as well. Not even knowledge matters when we die.
Love is a treasure that stays with you. Your spirit is what goes to heaven, so the things of the Spirit are what you should treasure. Things like love and peace and hope and faith. 1 Corinthians 13 says that the greatest of these is love. Love for God, love for your friends and family, love for the world and for nature and animals, love for strangers and even your enemies.
That is the kind of treasure we should gather and hoard. Showing love to others can be done in a great number of ways. By helping, guiding, teaching, serving, protecting and standing up for them. Even just a smile or a kind word of encouragement or a hug. All that shows love and all of that makes a huge difference in the grand scheme of things, and matters to God greatly.
Love is the one treasure that I can think of that you cannot hoard for yourself. If you give away love, you get more back. Though if you try to keep it and never give it, you will lose it.
Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
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