Choose Your Treasure

“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.
Matthew 6:19-21

Treasure is anything you store up.

"‘Heaven' here is where God is right now, and where, if you learn to love and serve God right now, you will have treasure in the present, not just in the future....[Jesus] wanted his followers to establish heavenly treasure right now, treasure which they could enjoy in the present as well as the future, treasure that wasn’t subject to the problems that face all earthly hoards."
—N.T. Wright  

Bottom Line

Where you store up your treasure reveals what your heart is given to.

Action Steps

Prayer - Spend some time this week asking God to:

• Reveal to you which "treasures" in your life you might be hoarding or storing up here on earth
• Open your eyes to ways you can store up treasure in God's kingdom

Practice - Pick an area of your life to do an "audit" in.

• Examine where your resources are going:
  • Finances
  • Time
  • Energy/Talents
  • Stuff (physical possessions)
  • Relationships