Daily Devotional for October 8, 2022
Treasure in a Cardboard Box
Kiana was sorting through her closet with her older sister Bethany. “I outgrew most of my clothes this year,” said Kiana. “I’m glad we can give them to someone else who needs new clothes.” She peered up at the top of the closet. “Can you see if there’s anything up high? I can’t reach it.”
Bethany reached up and pulled a dusty and crumpled cardboard box off the top shelf. “Hey, what’s this?” she asked.
Kiana’s eyes lit up. “It’s my treasure box.”
Bethany inspected the dirty outside of the box and said, “It doesn’t look very important. It’s falling apart!”
“But it’s what’s inside that counts!” Kiana exclaimed. “I keep all my most special things in there, like the seashells we found at the beach last summer and the letters you wrote to me while you were away at university.”
“Really? That’s sweet of you,” said Bethany, and she put the box aside on the floor. “I’ll make sure we don’t give that away.”
“Yeah,” said Kiana. “It’s funny how all those little things are so important, even though they don’t look important on the outside.”
Bethany nodded. “You know, your box is a bit like one of my favorite Bible verses,” she said. “Second Corinthians 4:7 says that knowing Jesus is like having treasure in jars of clay. Jesus died for our sins and then rose to life again, defeating sin and death. He’s the greatest treasure of all, and He offers eternal life to anyone who trusts in Him! But we’re like jars of clay, which don’t look like much on the outside and don’t last forever, like your cardboard box.”
“But they hold treasure inside!” Kiana smiled.
Bethany snapped her fingers. “That’s right! The bodies we have now don’t last forever, and all our material things are temporary, but our treasure of life with Jesus is forever because He promises to raise us from the dead one day. It doesn’t matter how big our house is or how expensive our clothes are or how much money we have because we hold God’s treasure in our hearts. Knowing that, we can be generous with others and share what God’s blessed us with. Most of all, that means sharing God’s treasure of eternal life.”
-Abby Ciona
How about you?
Where do you keep the things that are most important to you? Life isn’t about possessions or money or what we have or don’t have. What matters most is that we know Jesus and accept His gift of eternal life. Be generous and share the gifts God has given you with others, especially the greatest treasure of all—Jesus.
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