Heavenly Investment

From: Joe Gibbs Ministries

Matthew 6:20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."

"Treasures in Heaven." What are those? And how do they become part of our life's purpose?

Every person you know or meet is an eternal being. Each of us has an eternal soul and one way to store up "treasures in Heaven" is by investing your life in other people—in your wife, your children, your work associates and employees, your neighbors, your friends, even people who cross your path in seemingly random fashion. We're to see them as a teller window for depositing our time, our attention, our concern, even just a kind "hello" made with deliberate eye contact.

Not every heavenly investment is transacted at church or in some other so-called spiritual setting. Just about anywhere you go, there's a branch near you.