WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS

Lectionary passage: Luke 12:32-34 (NRSV) - "Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

“In heaven seek your treasure,
where thieves can never go.
Wherever is your treasure,
your God will be also.”
This oft-repeated passage
needs to be double-checked,
for what our Lord was saying
is not what we’d expect.
Most fund-raisers would put it
the other way around,
but faithful Christian stewards
in their giving have found
this principle of Jesus
to be completely true,
for where you put your money
your heart will be there, too.