First Baptist Church Groton, VT

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05/10/2026

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth… but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven… For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:19–21

It’s about the car you don’t want scratched.
The home you’re trying to perfect.
The job that begins to define you.
The human approval you crave.

The plans you’ve built that feel too important to surrender.

These things can slowly become your treasure.

And when they do, they begin to own you.

You think about them constantly. You protect them. You measure your worth by them.

And when they’re threatened or taken, your peace goes with them.

That is exactly what Jesus is addressing.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth…”

Why?

Money fluctuates. Possessions break.
Plans change. Everything here is temporary.

And eventually, it will all disappear.

But Christ redirects the heart.

“Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven…”

This is using our money, time, gifts, homes, influence, words, and lives for His glory instead of our own.

It is giving instead of grasping. Serving instead of seeking applause. Obeying instead of chasing comfort.

It is loving Christ more… than what He gives.

You can have influence and not worship it.
You can have possessions and not be possessed by them.

You can enjoy good gifts without making them your god.

How?

By remembering this:

Christ is your treasure.

You don’t have to strive to hold everything together. You don’t have to fear losing what you have.

You don’t have to build your identity on something temporary.

You can receive every good thing as God’s grace, and still hold it with open hands.

Success. Money. Comfort. Influence. Opportunity.

The fear of losing it. The pressure to keep it.
The temptation to make it your treasure.

Put it all back in His hands.

And you remind your soul of what is true:

If everything else is taken, and only Christ remains…

Nothing promised has been touched.

What you lost was passing.
What you have cannot perish.

Christ is not what’s left over.

He is what was always worth having.

And in Him, you have everything.