Psalm 18:1 I love You fervently and devotedly, O Lord, my Strength.

Psalm 18:30 As for God, His way is perfect! The word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him.

Psalm 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks and extol You, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name.

What do you give a rich, and wealthy man who owns everything in the world? David gives us a clue in Psalm 18. In verse one David gives the Lord love, in verse 30 he gives Him faith and trust, and in verse 49 he gives Him thanks, and praise. Matthew 6:19-21 Jesus warns His listeners against focusing on laying up treasures on earth. Instead He exhorts them to invest in Heaven, Eternity, and Eternal things. David reminds us what some of those eternal things look like. Yet there’s one more investment that He desires. Revelation 7:9 After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count, [gathered out] of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

People are His treasure. More specifically their trust, adoration, and love. How can we lay up for ourselves treasures in Heaven? By investing in the lives of others; especially those of the nations. They are His treasure. Why wouldn’t that be the case? He paid the ultimate price with His life so that we could live with Him as His Treasure. We are His crown and the jewels that sparkle from His crown. He laid up for Himself treasures in Heaven. (Essentially Jesus practices what he preaches).

2 Corintians 13:5 states: Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves [not Christ]. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected? If you are living in faith you are investing faith in Jesus, and in His Word. You are coming into alignment and agreement with His Love by loving what He loves. Your life of faith, and love, is an expression of your thanks, and praise – the highest form of all worship. (Worship really is more than a song or posture) Jonah’s heart hardened when God desired to share with him an eternal treasure – the redemption of the people of Nineveh.

What are you investing in Heaven, in Eternity, in Eternal things? Remember people were created for eternity. People are an eternal commodity. Who and what are you serving? Who and what are you investing in? Are you a Jonah or a David?