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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Treasure in Heaven

What is treasure in heaven? I have heard pastors preach on this and make speculations about what it might be. Some have said that it might be crowns or jewels in our crowns that we will eventually lay at the Lord's feet. Others say the treasure might be blessings, but honestly we don't have a clear picture what our treasure might be. I don't think it will be a crown or jewels in a crown since they are no different than a pot of gold and are worldly with no value in the eternal scheme of things. To say our treasure will be blessings is just using another broad word to describe what the treasure may be and does not get us any closer to understanding what exactly the treasure could be.

This past Friday, while talking with a student, I had a thought concerning treasure in heaven - a thought that makes more sense to me than anything I have ever heard concerning what treasure in heaven could be. If we want to have a better understanding what our treasure might be when we get to heaven we need to think about what our Lord treasures more than anything else. It only makes sense that if He is the One giving the treasure He would give us something that is of great value to Himself.

Question: What is it that the Lord treasures more than anything else?
Answer: People/Relationships

What if, when we get to heaven and the time comes to receive our reward/treasure, the Lord allows us to see all the faces of all the people who have been touched through the way we chose to invest our time and lives on earth. One of the faces in the crowd could be a child you led to Christ or a poor person who came to know the Lord because you planted a seed by sharing your stuff with them in their time of need. There may be faces in the crowd you have never seen before because you chose to disciple someone in their faith who went on to invest in many more lives who now become an extension of your investment on earth. What if the treasure we are called to store up in heaven (Matt. 6:19-21) is people!?!?

We are called to go into all the world and to preach the good news to all creation (Mk. 16:15). We are commissioned to go and make disciples of people from all walks of life and from all around the world (Matt. 28:18-20). We are called to be ambassadors for Christ with the ministry of reconciliation - allowing the Lord to work through us to bring men and women into a right relationship with Himself (2 Cor. 5:16-21). With the short time we have on earth we are to be investing our lives in people, not property, possessions, or worldly wealth - this is VERY clear throughout scripture!

The question for us is this: How will we choose to invest the short time we have on earth? Will we invest in property, possessions, or worldly wealth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal? Or will we invest in what the Lord treasures? Will we invest the short time we have on earth in people by helping them know and grow in the Lord?

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