Making God Our Treasure

If you lay gold in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brook [considering them of little worth], And make the Almighty your gold and [the Lord] your precious silver treasure, Then you will have delight in the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God. (Job 22: 24-26)

It isn’t that God doesn’t want us to have anything of worldly value, so much as He wants us to realize what true value is. Of first importance is our relationship with Him, that is to be our first priority. If we don’t get that right, nothing else will line up the way it should.

We are all familiar with the verse “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” It is found in the midst of don’t worry about what you are going to eat, drink, or wear; don’t be anxious about the how, when, and where of these things causing them to be the focus of our lives instead of Him.Let’s be careful not to get trapped in a life where the provision takes priority over the Provider.

God wants us to realize what he is like. When we begin to know Him, and what he is like, we realize that we can trust Him. He loves us and will take care of us. He cares about the birds and dresses the fields with flowers, and we are of more importance to Him than they are. We must realize that our spiritual life is not only more important than our natural life, it also sets the tone for it.

Fullness of life is found in Jesus Christ, not in possessions or provision. He gives us the capacity to appreciate, enjoy, and share. When we make Him our priority, the focus of our lives, He promises the necessities will be there - and we can count on it.

We need to consider the valuable things of this world to be of little worth compared to God and our relationship with Him which should be our treasure, our focus, our priority.

If we start at any other point we will get it all wrong.