Having a stash of cash is not a bad idea. Experts tell us that three months of income should be easily accessible, ready for use in any situation.
That doesn’t mean a new car or big screen television. We’re talking job loss or lifestyle change. If we bring home $2K a month, there had better be $6,000 sitting unused in a bank account somewhere, even if the interest it draws is minimal. For the blessed person with $8K coming in? $24,000 is the goal.
Then, when an emergency arises, we have funds to tide us over. There is a vital point we must remember in this, though. We must keep track of our bank accounts. We have to know where our investments are and just what they’re worth.
Where do we have our spiritual cash stashed? Who stands at the teller’s window when we go in to make a withdrawal? Whose name is at the top of the spiritual webpage when we go online to see where our balance stands?
1 John 4:1 tells us:
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
The evil one will try to steal our investments. Put it here, he’ll cry. It’s only later we find he’s absconded with our funds, and we are left spiritually high and dry.
Why do these false prophets cheat us? Psalm 58:3 explains:
“The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.”
Those who do not follow Christ cannot help but be who they are. Even so, we cannot afford to let them hold our accounts for us.
In the flesh world of bones and buildings, cash and connivers, we have someone who checks the books regularly to ensure that our accounts are being managed accurately and that account holders get the funds to which they are entitled. The same is true in God’s banking establishment.
The second half of Revelation 20:12 reveals the great auditor at work:
“Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.”
This is all about the agricultural principal of sowing and reaping, one that is carried out in our worldly financial institutions every day. We put money in, it grows, and we take the extra money out. Our spiritual savings accounts are the same.
1 Corinthians 15:42 describes the process:
“So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.”
We give our lives to Christ, and he gives eternal salvation to us. Now, that’s a withdrawal we want to be able to make when our life comes to an end.
Invest in God, and his interest in us will be our reward.
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