Where is your treasure?

Children’s Message
August 12, 2007
Where is your treasure?—Luke 12: 32-40

Today after most of you leave, the adults will hear these words from the gospel of Luke, “For where your treasure is, your heart will be there also”. (12:34)

Do any of you have treasure? When I think of treasure, I think of a big wooden chest filled with gold and diamonds! I don’t have any of that, but I do have lots of special things that I treasure.

My purse is filled with things. I have money which is nice to have, and buys me stuff. I have my favorite lipstick which makes me feel pretty. I have my cell phone which keeps me connected.

But those aren’t my biggest treasures. I have even bigger treasures which can’t fit in my purse.

I have my car, which gets me where I need to go and my house that keep me warm and safe and comfortable.

But even those aren’t my biggest treasures. I have even bigger treasures which can’t fit into my car or even my house!

I have my family. My husband, daughters, sister, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins. . . . I have my friends spread out from New Jersey to California and lots of places in between. . . I have my church community—here, but also in other churches that I have been a part of.

Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”. And I think you could also say it this way, “Look in your heart—those things that fill it the most—those are your treasures.”

Let’s pray: Loving God,
For our fun little treasures
and our important big treasures
We give you thanks.
But we thank you the most
For the treasures of our friends, family and faith,
that fill our hearts with joy.
Amen.