The Market That Keeps on Climbing

It can sometimes be tough to stay positive when everything else seems to be taking a negative turn. The past couple of weeks have found the newspaper headlines and the anchormen and women on our nations news programs sharing the negative news of the day. Financial giants that were the epitome of success in the financial world have come tumbling down. Others were bought out at the last second by other financial giants just moments before they would have crumbled as well.

Now, I am no financial expert and I won’t offer you any investment tips on how to handle your money during these interesting times…other than this one. If you find yourself breaking out into a cold sweat every time a bank fails or an insurance company takes a plunge I would suggest to you that perhaps you are placing your faith in the wrong market. The greatest investment that you can make is the investment that you make through your giving. It is truly the one market that has never had a down quarter and has never failed and has never come crashing down.

We need to recognize the Lord as our true source for everything that we need and everything that we require. He will not fail us and he will not leave us without meeting our needs. While we have our fair share of due diligence that we must conduct in regards to the decisions that we make…if we operate within the realms of the guidelines that the Lord sets out for us…when we operate in faith in Him, He will not fail us. He will always take care of us and our needs will always be met.

This can be a tough lesson to learn…especially in light of the current economic conditions, but quite honestly I can tell you that while I feel for what some people may be going through, I do not fret upon reading the headlines or listening to the news. I do feel bad for those that have placed their faith in these markets and it seems as though all they have may be on the verge of diminishing to only a fraction of what it once was. But, I also recognize that many, many people actually know or have heard or have read for themselves that God desires to be our true and only source but have instead purposely made the decision to place their faith in their investments and in their own bank accounts, thereby placing their faith in their own investing strategies rather than placing their faith and trust in God.

While I would never embrace the “kick them while they’re down” mentality and I am not about to begin doing that now; I will say that the current state of our markets will certainly be an opportunity for those of us who have purposely made the decision to place their faith in God as their source for everything, to share a very real message of hope in the midst of what is despair for many people.

Stay strong and stay positive. Put your faith in God and know that he has promised to never leave us or forsake us. He is always there for us and He loves us.

Hebrews 13:5-6 – “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?’”


Have a blessed day,

RodZ

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