Mark 10:21 (TPT) Jesus fixed his gaze upon the man, with tender love, and said to him, “Yet there is still one thing in you lacking. Go, sell all that you have and give the money to the poor. Then all of your treasure will be in heaven. After you’ve done this, come back and walk with me.”
Isaiah 33:5-6 (AMP) The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. And He will be the security and stability of your times, A treasure of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; The fear of the Lord is your treasure.”
A person’s true treasure is the kingdom of heaven—the heart of God, our Adonai. He calls us to lay down all the things, relationships, preconceived ideas, and beliefs that keep us from running wholeheartedly after Him. He desires us to be like little children. A visual I have is when a person a child loves and delights in walks into the room; that child lays down whatever they are doing and runs to be with that person. God’s deepest desire is for us to be childlike and run to be with Him and join Him in whatever He does.
God desires to be our sole focus because He has so much treasure He wants to share with us. He is overflowing with anticipation! He can hardly contain His excitement and joy! What hinders Him from sharing all His treasure with us is our idea and belief of what treasure is. We tend to hold on to earthly treasures like possessions, position, status, relationships, and more. The true treasure is heavenly kingdom treasure, and this treasure comes from fully being with God.
The only way a person can fully be with God is to be willing to lay down everything to chase after Him. We must be willing to let go of control, plans, ideas, and visions of who we want to be in order for God to reveal who He created us to be. We must be willing to walk in childlike faith, trusting that God will provide for every need and every desire He has placed in our hearts. As we seek Him out, He will pour down the treasures of wisdom, joy, strength, peace, love, patience, gentleness, and so much more. He will take care of us and provide for every need and God-given desire as we lay down our earthly life and pursue Him and His heavenly treasure. Ultimately, we are God’s treasure, and He wants us to see Him as our true treasure.
Matthew 6:19-21 (AMP) “Do not store up for yourselves [material] treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart [your wishes, your desires; that on which your life centers] will be also.”
Matthew 13:44 (AMP) “The kingdom of heaven is like a [very precious] treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field [securing the treasure for himself].”