We have become expert portfolio managers of our bank accounts while remaining largely illiterate about our souls. We analyze market trends with precision. We obsess over our diversifications and returns. Yet, many of us ignore the only investment strategy that survives the grave: storing up treasures in heaven. Jesus gave us a clear directive on this matter. "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal" (Matthew 6:19-20, NKJV). This command is not a call to some vague religious asceticism. It is a brilliant recognition of what actually lasts. We often trade the permanent for the temporary and call it wisdom. Every hour devoted solely to accumulating "stuff" is time diverted from the work of love. The Economics of Grace The eternal economy operates on principles that baf...
Shining a light on someone by lighting their pathway home. By Joseph Kimanzi