“But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.” Matthew 6:20

Driving past the place where a Junk Guy often hangs out, I saw he was there. I remembered I had an old pool water heater I needed to get rid of and that he would probably love to have it. When I asked him if he would, he was exceptionally excited. But he had no gas in his vehicle. I gave him some money and asked him to meet me in an hour. He needed money, I needed my junk gone.

When I saw him later, he agreed to follow me to the house to remove my junk. Luckily my neighbor was outside and generously helped load the heavy item on the man’s trailer. Junk Guy was happy, I was happy… heck.. even my neighbor Rick was happy. It was then I asked Junk Guy… “Hey… are you a JESUS Guy as well?” Laughing he said, “Nah… I never went for that stuff!”

Since he was laughing, I laughed back and said… “but hey man… you’re just a dirt-bag sinner destined for the lake of Fire! Jesus came and died for your sins so that YOU don’t HAVE to go there.” He laughed some more, and I saw he was smiling… but serious. I realized that there was no sense, trying to make sense, to a guy who was more joyful about keeping and collecting junk than giving it to Jesus.

Jesus took His love for me and you VERY seriously. SO seriously, in fact, that when He saw Calvary approaching… He came anyway. Today’s Bible verse is a favorite of mine because most folks don’t really get what Jesus is saying. He and His Dad have a junk collecting business too. In fact, they are so serious about it, they don’t mind if I join their junk collecting business for my own selfish reasons!

“Lay up for YOURSELVES!” Get that? The Trinity is so dizzily in love with me, that they’ll gladly marry me into their family forever… even if I agree to join them for the treasure I’ll get! As long as my heart is all in… that’s all they want! Looking at my junky life as a kid, I was smart enough to realize that no junk I have is worth more than God’s treasures. How about you? Are YOU giving Jesus YOUR junk?