Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Imagine earning all your life, accruing savings, investments, and valuables only to suddenly give it all away someday. 

That’s what you’re doing right now. 

You’ll kick the bucket one unexpected day and 

    💨poof! 💨 

it all goes to others or back in the box as you fly off in faith to your heavenly destination made perfect but empty handed and you just don’t care. 

Heaven itself is the treasure. 

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you. —Matthew 6:33

The passages are less about giving and more about what you receive when you “Come, follow me.”

To truly believe in Christ is to always yearn for a life unencumbered by the things of this world and for the grand prize of a fully and completely devoted life. 

It takes great faith to give up reliance and dependence on the “stuff” of our years. 

When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭22‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Always yearning for the right stuff will turn poverty into wealth sooner or later.