Treasures are those things that you value the most in life. Since you  don’t keep valuables carelessly, a man stores up his treasure in a safe  place. In life, there are so many things that seem important to us and  are like treasures. Things like wealth, possessions, influence and so on  could account for those treasures.

It is sad how Christians consider the things of this world as  treasures. Those things will pass away with the world. People usually  forget the fact that we brought nothing into this world and we will  certainly take nothing out of it (1 Timothy 6:7). Those earthly  treasures will become another’s one day.

The word of God in our reading is a pointer to us that though God  wants His children to prosper materially, they should not make those  things their treasure. The greatest treasure any man can find is Jesus.  He is the eternal life that God gives to those who believe.

When you carefully look at the rich fool in our Bible reading, he was  not condemned for being rich, but not for not having the true riches of  God. He was so full of himself and desire to secure himself in the  world.

“Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”