earthly treasures (Matt 6:19-20)

Matthew 6:19-20

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

The material possessions that we desire, the earthly "treasures" that we work so hard to achieve, are temporary. They perish. They do not last. The phone that you were desperate to get 2 years ago now wouldn't be able to be sold in the shop. The car that you felt so good about buying is worth less and less with every day that goes by. The "thing" that you thought would make you happy and satisfied didn't, but for some reason you think that the next "thing" will. 

Instead of storing up material possessions we should use them, we should invest them in the kingdom of God, we should be generous, we should give away as much as we can, we should give away our best, not just our surplus.