A Good Investment

Dear Diary, 2 February 2012

A Good Investment


what do I invest in?

Everything I have was given to me by God. My family, my friends, my ambitions, my dreams, my talents…if I have any. Isn’t it so amazing that God has given me so much? I can hardly believe it sometimes. There are moments when life seems too good to be true. I step back and think “Wow, I am really lucky.” Well, it aint luck, it’s grace!

Nothing I have done has merited all the blessings He gives me. Sometimes that makes me feel a little weird. I mean, why would Jesus want to die a horrible death for me. I literally have nothing to offer Him.

All I can do is thank Him for His amazing love and to trust in Him. After all, He does provide everything I need. Why shouldn’t I trust Him? Why do I still worry about wearing the right clothes tomorrow or eating the right foods? Why do I always want more no matter how much I have?

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I’ll admit it, I always want new clothes. I’ll get some and be very excited for awhile, but then I’ll see a billboard with a gorgeous model wearing a cute jacket or pair of jeans and those old “new” clothes will be far from my mind.

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“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But is we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” 1 Timothy 6:6-10

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Great gain, huh? True, I can’t bring anything good into this world, and I certainly cannot bring anything out. Those things aren’t even important! And apparently, the lust of getting more things, or not being satisfied, is a dangerous evil. James talks about some rich people who are a little too haughty in chapter 4: “Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that. As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. Anyone then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” (James 4:13-17)

"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes."

A friend of mine pointed out from this passage that “money” isn’t the only evil. It could be time that I’m hording, that I’m obsessing about. God knows right where to point the finger. That’s the area that I struggle with the most. In fact, just yesterday I was freaking out because I had spent the entire day working, making the most of my time, worrying about if I would have enough time. Even now as I write this, I’m thinking “OK, I have to mop the bathroom floor, put in a load of laundry, get my shoes…yadadada.” Don’t I understand by now that God is the Great Provider? He takes care of my soul, why shouldn’t I trust Him with the rest of my being, too? I should. Trust Him with my money, trust Him with my time. And, most importantly, trust Him with my heart.

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Now that’s a good investment.