November 6

Treasure in Heaven’s bank

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matt. 6:19-21).

There is such a thing as laying up as truly in Heaven as there is laying up on earth; if it were not so, our Lord would not have said so. Just as persons put one sum after another into the bank, and it is put down to their credit, and they may use the money, afterwards; so truly the penny, the shilling, the pound, the hundred pounds, the ten thousand pounds given, for the Lord’s sake and constrained by the love of Jesus, to poor brethren, or in any way spent in the work of God, He marks down in the book of remembrance. He considers it is laid up in Heaven. The money is not lost, it is laid up in the bank of Heaven; yet so that whilst an earthly bank may break, or through earthly circumstances we may lose our earthly possessions, the money which is thus secured in Heaven cannot be lost.


Treasures laid up in Heaven never give care. Treasures laid up on earth never can afford spiritual joy. Treasures laid up in Heaven bring along with them peace and joy in the Holy Ghost even now. Treasures laid up on earth, in a dying hour cannot afford peace and comfort, and when life is over, they are taken from us. Treasures laid up in Heaven draw forth thanksgiving, that we were permitted and counted worthy to serve the Lord with the means with which He was pleased to intrust us as stewards. And when life is over we are not deprived of what was laid up there, but when we go to Heaven we go to the place where our treasures are, and we shall find them there.
—George Müller.

There is no so certain way of increase, as to lend or give to the Owner of all things.
—Bishop Hall.

We lose what on ourselves we spend,
We have, as treasure without end,
Whatever, Lord, to Thee we lend,
Who givest all.

Whatever, Lord, we lend to Thee,
Repaid a thousandfold will be;
Then gladly will we give to Thee,
Who givest all.

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