“…And the purses of heaven have no rips or holes in them. Your treasures there will never disappear; no thief can steal them; no moth can destroy them. Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.” Luke 12:33-34 (TLB)
Jesus tells us that storing up treasures in heaven is much more beneficial than storing them up on earth. Country Club memberships, lakefront houses, and silver Corvettes all make up earthly treasures. Some people treasure their job and the power they have over others. For others, their treasure is a fancy job title or a company car, the latest plasma screen TV, or a dual processor computer with a 23 inch monitor. Yet not a single one of these things will still belong to them when they die.
But how do we store up our treasures in heaven? How do we open a savings account at The Bank of Jesus? By putting the needs of others ahead of our own, by standing up for Biblical Truth or absolute truth, believing that some things are always right and some things are always wrong, despite an ever growing population that has no absolute values, only situational ones. We deposit savings into the Bank of Jesus when we use our resources, personal, financial, and spiritual, to serve the Kingdom. By these actions we are depositing blessing into an eternal savings account.
Copyright 2007 Timothy E. Davis