Here's A Story For Your Bus This Sunday!

“Two Ways to Be Rich!”

Boys and Girls, our story today reminds us that there really are TWO WAYS TO BE RICH. Or you could say, there are Two kinds of Treasures that you can have. Brent and his family had gone to the airport to watch the plane take off. Mr. Baker, a friend of the family, and a Missionary to Africa, had just visited Brent and his family the past week. “He sure works hard, doesn’t he?”, added Brent. Dad nodded as he said, “Yes he does, but he says it’s worth it all because many people are being won to the Lord Jesus Christ.” As Brent and his family left the airport and headed back toward town, they came to a large impressive home where many cars had pulled off the road and lots of people were milling around. “Oh yes, I remember…there’s an estate auction going on here today…I remember reading about it in the paper. An old Mrs. White lived there and she was a very, very wealthy old lady. She really clung to her possessions. She was always afraid people would steal them from her and now she’s dead, and they’re selling everything and her family is dividing her estate.” The family stopped to look around and they saw some very lovely and some very expensive things. Brent remembered that in Africa, that Missionary had lived in a very modest little hut and he had very little of this world’s goods. He would be what the world would call very, very poor. And here’s a lady that was very, very rich...Dad spoke up and said, “Boy, we have seen quite a contrast today. Mrs. White was known for her earthly riches and Mr. Baker is known for his Heavenly riches. If dear old Mrs. White was a Christian, and we can’t judge her, but as far we know, she never showed any signs that she had ever received the Lord Jesus as her Saviour. She likely died and went to the wrong place. She left all her earthly possessions behind…but that Missionary, he has his all laid up, waiting for him in Heaven. He doesn’t have much of this world’s goods laid up, but he has a lot laid up for him in Heaven!” How about you Boys and Girls?? How about you Mom and Dad?? Is it more important to you to make a lot of money and to have a big house and to have beautiful fancy clothes and to just have lots of things or is it more important to lay up treasures in Heaven? If you know the Lord Jesus as your Saviour, then live for Him and lay up treasures in Heaven and not just on Earth. Let’s pray that God will help us to not just look at those “things” here on earth that seem to make people happy, but to seek after what makes the Lord happy. Let’s make up our mind that we are going to live for Jesus, and tell others about Him, so we too can lay up treasures in Heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt and where thieves can’t break through and steal. Let’s live for Jesus today!