Kingdom Treasure

Many of us look forward to our eventual retirement. We save money and make plans to ensure that we have sent enough resources "ahead" so that life can be comfortable for our earthly future. But how many of us have the same attitude about our heavenly future? In Matthew 6:19-24 Jesus talks about the importance of storing up heavenly treasure and the significance of sending resources ahead for our life in the Kingdom.

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

This is the word of the Lord.

- Matthew 6:19-24