Where does your greatest investment lie?
Matthew 6: 33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Matthew 22: 37-40 “Jesus said to him, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all of your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it. You shall love your neighbors as yourselves. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the profits.” St. John 14:12-15 “ 12.Most assuredly, I say to you he who believes in Me the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in my name that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it. 15. If you love me keep my commandments.”
Webster’s definitions of the word invest means
1.To commit money or something of substance, in order to gain profit or interest. 2. To utilize for future benefit or advantages.
“Faith and obedience in Christ; the most powerful force known to man.
Hebrews 11: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
1.Confident belief in the truth, value, trustworthiness of a person idea or thing.2. Belief not based on logical proof or material evidence. 3. Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance. 4. Belief and trust in God
When we consider the importance of investments many of us have different ideas and opinions as to where we are going to get the greatest return for our investment. Some of us believe the stock market is the best place to invest or we feel that we should invest in property or land. Many of us place a great deal of our trust in our jobs or even in our husbands and wives or our children. All of these things are important. A certain amount of time, money, energy and effort should be put into cultivating all of these things.
The question today is however, where does your greatest investment lie?