Hoarded Treasure

James doesn’t pull punches: “Your gold and silver are corroded… this corroded treasure you have hoarded will testify against you.” In this episode, Blake looks at James 5:3 — first at its sharp warning to the hoarding rich, then at the principle underneath it that reaches every one of us: everything we have is a gift, and a gift kept to itself corrodes instead of blessing.Blake widens “hoarding” beyond money to our time, talents, wisdom, and voice, points to the manna that “bred worms and stank” when Israel tried to store it, and names the fear underneath our gripping — that there won’t be enough. The answer is the economy of the Kingdom: what flows through you multiplies; what stays with you corrodes. God doesn’t bless us so we can hoard; He blesses us so we can be a blessing.Follow Before the Lord on Facebook (@BeforeTheLord) and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo). Get devotionals delivered to your inbox at blakescrawford.com/sign-up, or listen anytime at blakescrawford.com/listen. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart.