Yesterday we received in the mail an amazing offer from Discover Card. They offered us 0.85% if we would open a savings account with them. The fabulous increase in our wealth would be 85 cents a year (or a candy bar or 1/4th a gallon of gas) for each 100 dollars we put in our account. Considering they will then lend out our 100 dollars at 19.95% makes them $19.10 profit on each 100 dollars. Not a bad business to be in. In downtown Boston they call that loan sharking.
If you are looking for an excellent return on an investment find an aspiring young person who needs an education. When we enable someone to grow and enhance their life we are making an investment in our community and our nation. We are making life better not only for them but for all of us. The return on an enhanced life eclipses any amount of monetary return.
God invests in us. He gives us life. He gives us talents. He gives us opportunities. God is an investor. Nothing satisfies Him more than to see us prosper and I am not talking about checking accounts. Prosperity comes in many forms and the best prosperity is that of a happy life with a solid philosophical and spiritual foundation. Some television preachers preach the “Prosperity Gospel.” What that usually means is send them money and then wait for God to put it back in your bank.
The “Prosperity Gospel” is real. But it isn’t about cash. It’s about great relationships with people around you. It’s about knowing with certainty that you have already begun to live forever because you have accepted the promises of Jesus. Forget Discover Card and invest your life with Jesus. The returns are out of this world.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 24, 2014
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