What to Do With Treasures

[407 words] In one of Jesus’ parables a servant was handed a mina (a piece of valuable currency). There were clear instructions on what to do with it: “Put this money to work…until I come back” (Luke 19:13). Some of his fellow servants did a great job with this. They used what talent they have to diligently make the money grow. But not this man. His fear led him to put the money in a piece of cloth. The master was so displeased with only getting back what was originally given that this servant lost everything.  Did you know that the Word of God is sometimes described as a treasure? “The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold” (Psalm 119:72). It is a treasure that is handed to us every time we open up our Bibles or hear the Word…