GHS 140 : Laying My Treasure Up There Lyrics
GHS 140, “Laying My Treasure Up There,” is a hymn built on the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 6:19-21, where He commands His followers to lay up treasure in heaven rather than on earth. The hymn takes that command and turns it into a joyful personal commitment. The singer is a pilgrim on earth, poor and wandering, but this poverty is only temporary because every act of love, every gift of heart, soul, mind and strength, every piece of work done in partnership with Jesus, is being deposited in a city where jasper walls and golden streets await.
The refrain celebrates not sacrifice but investment: riches untold are being accumulated up there, even while the pilgrim roams below. This hymn appears as number 140 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 140: Laying My Treasure Up There
- On the mountain of Zion beyond the blue sky, Stands a city so wondrous and fair; I expect to depart for that land, by and by — For I’m laying my treasure up there.
I am laying my treasure up there, up there, In that beautiful city so fair; When its glories unfold I’ll have riches untold, For I’m laying my treasure up there.
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There’s a mansion awaiting God’s people, I’m told, Which the Saviour has gone to prepare; There the walls are of jasper, the streets are of gold, I am laying my treasure up there.
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All the love of my heart, and my soul, mind and strength, And the work that with Jesus I share, Are but some of the riches I’ll find there at length, For I’m laying my treasure up there.
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So although a poor pilgrim on earth I may roam, Ever constant in watching and prayer, Soon I’ll hear the glad summons to start for my home, For I’m laying my treasure up there.
