Treasure

I want to begin with an apology for not sending out an email last week. Wednesday was my first day in the office and that combined with loading, driving, and unloading the U-Haul truck ended up leaving me very little time to think about a devotional. However, this transition has taught me some things about life and spirituality. In particular, I’ve begun to question the sanity of moving. Who came up with the idea that we would live in permanent houses yet pack all of our stuff in cardboard boxes, load it onto a big truck, drive it to where a new permanent house is, unload the truck, and then unpack everything again? I wish that person could have moved my stuff because I think the idea is utterly ridiculous. It does, however, provide an opportunity to evaluate the items that seem so important to us here on earth and it certainly provides some perspective when you see your whole life packed into one truck. Is our stuff really that important?

You know, I’ve heard it said that you’ll never see a hearse pulling a U-Haul trailer. And that’s true! This stuff is temporary - as is our life on Earth. There’s an old song with lyrics that go like this: “This world is not my home / I’m just a-passing through. / My treasures are laid up / somewhere beyond the blue.” Jesus said it best, however, when He said, “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be” (Matthew‬ ‭6:19-21‬). Where are you storing your treasures? Are they the kind that you need to pack, load, drive, unload, then unpack? Or are you shipping them on ahead to a place where a U-Haul truck is just a painful memory?