September 6, 2024 – Invest It All

Invest It All
September 6, 2024

 

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 22:4-7
 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

 

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    The stocks go up, the stocks go down, and this old world spins round and round.

 

    It seems as though wealth and riches consume the minds of most people today. It is almost impossible to live without some money in the stock market, whether we are aware of it or not. Do you have insurance, a 401(k), or have you deposited money in a bank? If so, like most people, your money has been invested in the stock market. If the market collapses, so does the value of the company or financial institution.

 

    I once heard a Financial Advisor tell a joke during his speech that went like this: “I lost millions of dollars in the stock market today.” His friend asked, “Really, how?” He replied, “Gold went up one dollar a pound, and I didn’t have a dime invested in it.

 

    Could it be possible that many people miss the real riches, honor, and for some, even eternal life because they have nothing invested as well? The phrase, “Nothing invested, nothing lost,” sure does not apply here. If we do not deposit our lives into Christ, we will have lost it all. Christ invested His life in us and paid the premium for our sin debt. Our text today says; “By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.” This simply means that when we invest our lives in the Lord, we receive His riches, honor, and a life that is beyond compare. Furthermore, the stock market can never have any impact on this investment in any way whatsoever.

 

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    The problem is that most people want to invest only a small part of their lives into Christ and hold back the rest. God does not operate on those terms. We must either deposit our entire lives in Him or nothing at all. What have you given to Christ? We all must come humbly to the cross and make a total deposit of our lives in reverence to our Lord. The dividends are glorious.

 

Have you deposited your all into Christ?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: September 6, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
  Ezekiel 40 – Ezekiel 43
  Proverbs 22:4 – 7

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  Pro. 4-5
  1 Co. 12