Our Treasure in Heaven

The circumstances depicted in Genesis 13 are good for us to consider:  will we lift our eyes and take for ourselves, or will we wait on the LORD who bids us lift our eyes to receive all He has provided for us?  How good it is to realise all we need for life and godliness is in Him alone!

Conflict broke out between the servants of Lot and Abram because the land where they settled was not able to support all their flocks and herds.  Abram humbly approached Lot and pleaded that he separate from him, and offered him first choice of where he desired to go.  Lot lifted his eyes and saw the Jordan plain was well-watered, and it was likened to the garden of Eden God made to flourish before the flood.  Genesis 13:11 said, "Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other."  Lot chose what appeared to be the best choice, and they separated from one another.

Genesis 13:14-15 reads, "And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: "Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are--northward, southward, eastward, and westward; ¹⁵ for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever."  By faith Abram received the land and the promise of God of descendants when he was yet to have a son or daughter.  Lot took for himself land that would be rendered desolate in judgment in a matter of years, yet God gave all the land Abram could see with an everlasting promise.

What a good reminder this is for followers of Jesus Christ, that we would look to Him, wait on His counsel and remember His awesome works.  We have been born against by the Gospel and it is God's good pleasure to give us the kingdom where no rust or moth destroys, where no thieves break in and steal.  Our treasure is in heaven because Jesus is there preparing a place for us to abide with Him forever in His presence.  This world and everything in it will pass away, but we have the blessed hope by faith in Christ of an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for us.  May the power of God that keeps us through faith unto salvation also keep us walking in the love and fear of God, looking unto Him with joyful praise as long as we live.

Better than choosing for ourselves what we cannot keep, how blessed we are to be kept by God who has chosen us for His inheritance according to His grace. :)