When I was a teenager, I remember working on the farms of both my grandfathers. They were not massive farms like you may see in the Midwest. They were just small family farms. There were times we would feed the cows or goats. Perhaps we would repair the fence. But I remember one time that I was sent out to help pick up bails of hay.
The truck was driving through the field with a large trailer. I remember walking nearby, picking up bails of hay, and throwing them up to people who were on the trailer. They would take that hay, arrange it, and then take it to store in the barn for winter. It is a physical job, one that was certainly not fun for me as a young teenager.
Now that I’m older and as I reflect on things, I can see the importance of having the hay in the barn for winter. I can only imagine the cost of feeding the livestock without it. I remember walking into the barn and seeing the stacks of hay. It was a treasure, laid up for the future.
As Jesus was teaching here in Matthew, we understand that we have the opportunity to lay up treasures for the future with how we live our lives here. He taught the importance of laying up treasure in Heaven. It was something that was valued and put into storage for the future. But the key statement he says here in verse 21, “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
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