No. 24 The Treasury

Don't store for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19

Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life which the Son of Man will give you for it is on Him that God the Father has set His seal.  John 6:27

Wake up, look around. What you see with your eyes is a world heavily salted with death and shadows of death. Nothing lasts here. It is even hard to hold on to goodness here because everything changes. This is the dark and dangerous world of thieves and murderers. This is the world of insatiable desire.

Oh my lying eyes, if only you could let me see the safe place of life and light.

“I can! come with me.” exclaims the shepherd boy. “Imagine your mansion. Keep one room for your treasure. Someday you will find that room and your riches will already be exchanged into the currency of that kingdom!”

“But what shall I put there? What lasts?”

“That’s easy!” replied shepherd boy “Fill your room with acts of love, with friends and family you have helped and prayed for. Fill your room with miraculous moments of hearing God speak. Become conscious with every decision you make of where to invest your wealth.”

“I think I get it!” I cheered. “What is visible here dissolves like vapor and what is invisible here, is as real as a rock in God’s country. How ironic!”

Shepherd boy smiled, nodded, then disappeared!