Today I will:
So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? Luke 6:11 (NIV)
Any investment program that does not look to the future is worthless. Why invest in something that will not be around tomorrow? Edwin Louis Cole used to say, "We sow to the future and reap from the past." If this is true, then the most valuable things to invest in are those that will be around the longest. Those of us who plan to spend our ultimate retirement in Heaven should think more about investing in eternity than in anything else.
It has been said that "you can't take it with you," but that is not entirely true. What we invest in that has eternal worth will go with us, namely the people that are touched through how we invest our time, talents, and treasures. Luke 16:9 NIV tells us to "use worldly wealth to gain friends for your-selves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings,"
Any investment program we plug into will demand wisdom and diligence if it is to be successful. We need to remember that not only should our plans include providing for our children's college education, a new home or car, our retirement, or any of a number of other worthy goals, but also investing in that which is eternal, whether it be a coworker, the needy who come to our churches, or the poor in a faraway land. Ten thousand years from now, which will have been the wisest investments? Only those that we can "take with us!"