When investing for the future, there are several ways we can go. We can stuff our money in our mattress, and when we go to sleep at night, we will know right where it is. However, that money will be worth exactly the same twenty years from now as it is today.
We will do better to invest it in a high yield account that will accrue interest and dividends, so that when we need to draw against our funds, we have far more available than we need.
The Bible addresses our spiritual investment options in several ways. Of course, the most obvious thing we can do is accept Christ as our savior and gain heaven as our reward. Still, there are other things the Word speaks to, also.
High Yield Account Opportunity #1:
James 1:27 gives us a clear prospectus on what we can do to make our spiritual investments work as hard for us as possible. He tells us that for religion to be pure and undefiled before God, there are three things we must do. 1. We must visit orphans. 2. We must keep watch over widows. 3. We must keep ourselves unstained from the world.
High Yield Account Opportunity #2:
2 Timothy 3:16 spells out our investment opportunity, telling us the best accounts and how to access them. We must trust that all Scripture is breathed out by God, and that we can use every word to teach others about him, to offer reproof when others slip up, for correction of erroneous investment strategies, and to train the inexperienced to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
High Yield Account Opportunity #3:
Proverbs 1:1-7 tells us where our best investment advice comes from, for all wisdom, all wise dealing, all prudence, and all increase in learning comes from the fear of the Lord, for in that fear is where all knowledge begins.
There is no better future investment than in our spiritual relationship with God. We can increase our yield by remembering these three simple truths: Remain undefiled before God; look to the Scripture for understanding; and retain a healthy fear of the Lord.
What is our healthy fear of the Lord? Is it a quivering, hide under the table, sweaty armpits sort of fear? Absolutely not. The fear of the Lord is the awareness that he will hold our feet to the fire for the knowledge he has blessed us with. When we get a grasp on that, we will find our motivation to keep his truths held high before all men.
Our spiritual high yield accounts are those that are invested in the work of Christ on this earth. We will cash them in when we reach the Gates of Glory.
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