day 377: Building Up The Treasury

Kingdoms and pirates are not the only institutions and people who build up treasuries. Companies do as well and any large company has a "Treasurer" as a senior position in the Finance team. I always thought this is one of the best job titles in business. To be the "treasurer" and watch over all of the treasures that have been earned and stored up. As we all know those treasures are mainly cash and securities that are the result of our hard word in making, moving, marketing, selling and supporting our business products or services. But, they are treasures none the less as we depend on them to be able to fund the future and/or share back with our shareholders. Businesses are made up of people who bring their time and talent to work to establish their own treasures and to contribute to the growth of the same for the company. If we get to a point where we have built up enough of our own treasures we ask for the help of others, who more than often call themselves money managers or wealth managers. But wouldn't it be so much cooler if we had our own "Treasurer" to watch over and protect our treasures? We know Biblically that we are not to store up our treasures on earth, but God doesn't only provide for treasures that are made up of earthly and material things. God is a treasurer for us as He builds up His treasury in us with many different characteristics and attributes. In Proverbs 2:7 we read: "He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest." The amazing thing about letting God be our Treasurer is that He not only provides what we need He also blesses us in ways that we could never imagine. Those around us in the office who display the highest level of common sense are many times the people who get listened to the most and are the ones that people go to when they need advice. Even the smartest person doesn't do well without some semblance of common sense. God wants to give us this treasure if we will only accept that being honest is the prerequisite. If so, then He will bestow this on us. Today, as you think about the treasures before you and the ones to be gained, don't forget that the treasure of common sense is there for you and comes from complete honesty before God and other people. The great Treasurer is there all the time to watch over and protect His treasures, which is each and everyone of us.


Reference: Proverbs 2:7 (New Living Testament)