Our Treasures

       Treasure, the Encarta dictionary described as: “jewels, wealth, especially in form of jewels and precious objects, often accumulated or hoarded; somebody highly valued: a highly valued or much loved person: an actor is considered one of the national treasures”.

With these one can deduce with no hesitation that man, in one way or the other is a treasure to whosoever highly esteemed him; like the song writer acclaimed: “you are the treasure that I have…”embracing his lover.

The power of treasure can attracts the accumulator or the layer’s focus directly and leaves him with no option than his heart fixed on where his treasure is. The Lord Jesus Christ knew this aforetime and gave the injunction: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But layup treasures for yourselves in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal; where your treasure is there your heart be also” (Matthew 6 v 19-21 KJV).

This also implies that our heart is a treasure because it tinges spiritually with our treasures’ cubicle inseparable daily.

Now, how do we lay up treasures in heaven? First of all most, you have to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal saviour and, then He will allocate a stall to you in His father’s house in Heaven where you would be laying your eternal treasures. This was the saviour’s promised in John fourteen: “In my father’s house there are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you”. And which He will return to receive you back to himself and live eternally with Him (John 14 v 3 KJV).

To achieve this ultimate goal, you begin to win souls for Christ as foundations for your eternal home. Every soul won by you there is a star accrues to it and crow awaiting you; the heaven lies rejoice with you, and the Bible refers to you as the one who is wise.

The next step is to begin to feed and shepherd the souls won for Christ as rudiments to infuse into the heavenly band. You become vessel unto honour for God’s use; God’s own treasure, a man after God’s heart and have more things  in common with God; reasoning together as friends (Gen. 15 v 6 KJV). Then, you are now spiritually crucified with Jesus Christ on the penal cross; body is dead to sin but the spirit is actively alive for righteousness. Remember, our Lord’s counsel: “It is the spirit that quickened, the flesh profited nothing”.