4) Because it’s smart.
Matthew 6:19-21 NLT - “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.
Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.
Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
Luke 12:16-21 - And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.
And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy ; eat, drink and be merry.” “But God said to him, ‘You fool!
This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what
“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”