what
is the purpose of saving? why do we
save? well, here’s where the bible
differs from the world’s thinking in a major way. the world thinks you save for security. if i can just accumulate a big enough bank
account i would be financially secure.
the
problem is, there's no such thing as absolute security. no matter how much money you've got, you
could lose it instantly. just talk to
some of the people who have had on their money in tech stocks.
i
have a friend who took a $150,000 loss one year on lucent stock. when he bought it, he was going to be
set. bunker hunt in a 1986 time magazine
article said that he and his brothers lost over one billion dollars. bunker hunt said, “a billion dollars ain’t
what it used to be.”
you
can lose it no matter how much you make, no matter what kind of job you’ve got,
you could break a leg, get sick, the economy could bottom out as it has, the
place can burn down, electrical and gas prices could go through the roof.
in
order to have security you’ve got to put your security in something that cannot
be taken away from you. everything i
have in life can be taken away from me: my family, my money, my reputation,
everything. there is only one thing that
cannot be taken away from me and that’s my relationship with CHRIST. i’ve got to put my trust and security in CHRIST
and not in a passbook account, cd’s stocks.
we
don’t save like the world saves simply for security. paul said in philippians 4.19 (niv), my god
shall supply all my needs. that’s
security. that’s the way to be prepared
for financial reverses to find security in the LORD.
just
a thought from the front porch…
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