What treasures do you store in heaven?

What treasures have you laid up in heaven?

Mat 6:19  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Mat 6:20  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Mat 6:21  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

So, what treasures do you store in heaven?

Heb 11:24  By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Heb 11:25  Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Heb 11:26  Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

The reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt.

We must accept the reproach of Christ if we would be His. Moses knew this. Moses knew the walk he was called to walk meant accepting the path of hardship , of pain, of suffering.   That REPROACH of CHRIST he was called to was GREATER to him than ANY of the treasures in Egypt.

Not a physical, tangible treasure but a treasure nonetheless, and a treasure we too must lay up in heaven.

Is our heart with Christ or with self? Is our heart with material possessions or Christ?  We HAVE to ask ourselves this because if our treasures are our things, our possessions, our toys, our past times, our happiness, our comfort… you know what I'm saying.  WHAT are our treasures?

What are YOUR treasures?  Right NOW, what are YOUR TREASURES?! 

If following Christ is a TREASURE, then it stands to reason that treasures that are self-centered don't necessarily have to be tangible, right?  Are the treasures we possess heaven worthy?  If we cannot put our treasures in heaven, then they are evil treasures.

A treasure is a most valuable possession, yes? And our most valuable possession must be CHRIST in heaven!

Rom_6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord we have ETERNAL LIFE, this IS our TREASURE, our HEAVENLY TREASURE.

Amen!