Dr.
James Dobson once played the Monopoly game with his family where he won the
game by collecting all the houses and money. After the game ended, he tossed all
the pieces back into the box and realized this is exactly what many people do
with their lives—collecting houses and money as if that’s all there is to life.
Then when they die, everything they own is thrown back into the box and someone
else plays with what they owned.
You
can’t take anything with you when you die (1 Tim. 6:7), but you can send it ahead.
Jesus said, “Lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven” (Matt. 6:20-21). If
you are a follower of Christ, God has entrusted things for you to manage during
this life. When you give to His kingdom and help others in need, you are laying up treasure for yourself in heaven. Your earthly resources are being
transformed into something much more valuable that will last forever. This earthly
life is simply a temporary world to get us ready for what we’ll be doing in His
eternal kingdom.
It
takes faith to let go of money and lay it up as treasure in heaven because you
won’t see what you’ve laid up until after you die. But according to the
promise of Jesus, whatever you’ve sent to heaven during your life on earth will
be multiplied and waiting for you in heaven. I believe that “treasure in heaven” will be rewards, which are our eternal assignments according to our faithfulness.
Your
life doesn’t have to end like a Monopoly game. You can start today preparing
for the next life by faithfully managing what God has given to you. www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com www.makinglifecount.net
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