You’ve probably read and quoted Matthew 6:21, “Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be” (NLT). I have numerous times, but missed something important. Your heart follows your treasure. One translation says that your heart will pursue what you treasure. I’ve often tried to change my heart hoping what I treasure will change, but it’s the other way around. If I change what I treasure, my heart will follow. What should we treasure? What should we chase after? I believe it’s the eternal things that matter. If we pursue temporary things, our heart will be set on temporary things. What you treasure shapes what your heart pursues. What your heart pursues shapes what your heart becomes. What your heart becomes shapes the life you live.
Here are some Bible verses on eternal treasures:
1. Guard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
2 Timothy 1:14 AMP
2. Sell your possessions and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.
Luke 12:33 NLT
3. My child, will you treasure my wisdom? Then, and only then, will you acquire it. And only if you accept my advice and hide it within will you succeed.
Proverbs 2:1 TPT
4. Wise people treasure knowledge, but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.
Proverbs 10:14 NLT
5. Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart, That I may not sin against You.
Psalms 119:11 AMP
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 