STORED UP TREASURE

Psa. 31:19 ¶ Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you

and worked for those who take refuge in you,

in the sight of the children of mankind!
The treasures that the Lord has stored up for His sons and daughters are untraceable. They are bigger and better than we can ask or think. He has thought about everything in this life and the one to come, He has set apart all that we could ever need. Spurgeon recognized how impossible it was to fathom or describe God’s goodness revealed in His stored up treasure. Sometimes all we can do is stand in amazement.

“Truly the life of faith is a miracle. When faith led David to his God, she set him singing at once. He does not tell us how great was God’s goodness, for he could not; there are no measures which can set forth the immeasurable goodness of Jehovah, who is goodness itself. Holy amazement uses interjections where adjectives utterly fail. Notes of exclamation suit us when words of explanation are of no avail. If we cannot measure we can marvel; and though we may not calculate with accuracy, we can adore with fervency.”
Now the question begging to be asked is this, who are all these blessings stored up for? Could I be possibly included in this outpouring of excessive delight? Here is the answer from William Gurnall.

“Mark the phrase “Laid up for them”; his mercy and goodness it is intended for them, as a father that lays by such a sum of money, and writes on the bag, “This is a portion for such a child.” But how comes the Christian to have this right to God, and all that vast and untold treasure of happiness which is in him? This indeed is greatly to be heeded; it is faith that gives him a good title to all this. That which makes him a child, makes him an heir. Now, faith makes him a child of God.”
Did you catch that? The faith that makes you a child makes you an heir to the riches of heaven’s treasure-house. So are you a child of God? Not everyone is. There is a distinct moment in your life when that happens. John said it like this, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name”. Open your heart today and let Jesus, the greatest of all heaven’s treasure, come into your life.