Investment and Trust by Carey Smith
"Jesus answered, 'If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.' When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth." Matthew 19:21-22
There are so many lessons that we can learn from this story. The rich young ruler wants eternal life and he knows he can get it from Jesus. But Jesus asks something very difficult of the man and the man is unable to give it.
I have worked in the financial industry for many years and one thing I have learned is that when people go to a financial advisor, they are in essence saying to the person, "I believe you can do a better job than I can." Why can the Advisor do a better job? Is it their experience or knowledge? Whatever the reason, when you invest with them, you are trusting them to do a better job than you.
How are you with Jesus? Have you trusted Him with your life or just the burden of your sin? The rich young ruler may never have understood what he was missing. Jesus was asking for his life, not a token of his appreciation to receive Jesus' eternal gift. Jesus knows he can manage our lives better than we can.
I admit that I daily need to trust and believe Jesus is a better manager than I am. He can manage my child, my marriage, my job, and certainly my finances better than I can. Recently, or in the near future, some of us will be receiving monetary stimulus packages from the government. I wonder what would happen if we decided to turn that over to Jesus and let Him manage it. Just a thought.
Personal Prayer Focus: Yield every area of your life to God. Allow Him to be your personal manager.
On The Go Prayer Focus: Keith Cook as he directs our Nigeria GoTeam that will be ministering this week in Jos Nigeria. Pray for the team as they travel today.
Thank you for taking the time to pray for this important division of On The Go Ministries. For more information on any our ministries here at On The Go, you may send your questions to info@onthego.org.
On The Go Daily Devotion for June 7, 2013
Brought to you each day by On The Go Ministries / Keith Cook Team
Copyright (c) 2008, 2013 On The Go Ministries / Keith Cook Team
Permission is granted to "forward" this devotional to friends and acquaintances. All other rights reserved.
On The Go Ministries / Keith Cook Team
P.O. Box 963, Springfield, TN 37172, (615) 299-0222, www.onthego.org
E-zine Editor, Laurie McTier, laurie@onthego.org
Send E-zine questions or comments to: ezines@onthego.org
______________________________________________
Subscribing - If you're reading a pass-along copy of this "On The Go" devotional e-zine and want to receive your own subscription, free of charge, simply fill out the online form at http://onthego.org/ezine_newsletters.php .
After registering online you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your subscription request, and you simply reply to that e-mail. Thank you and God bless.
