How And Where To Invest As Christians

Have you ever heard of the saying, "people running for the money?" Probably yes, right?

Somehow, almost everywhere, people work hard to get out of poverty. When they are out of poverty, they want to have the luxuries in life. When they have luxuries, they want to become super rich. When they are super rich, they want to have more.

It seems, that there is simply no contentment in this world, correct? People really work hard for the money! But let us ask ourselves this basic questions. What is our main purpose in life? Do we need to have more money to be able to control wealth? Or are we being controlled by money?

Somehow, there are really pros and cons of having lots of money. You can almost buy anything you want. People will look up to you because you have lots of money. As some people say, money talks.

But money cannot buy everything including happiness. If you are a very rich person living in some poor country, you or anyone within your family may be kidnapped for ransom. Being rich therefore can also be risky.

Being very rich, you may become insecure too. You might fear that burglars can come to your house and steal your money. With what is going on right now in the stock market, there is fear of loosing your money and stocks in thin air any moment. Some people have become mentally ill and depressed simply thinking always about money!

As Christians, do you believe in what Jesus have to say about investment? If you can get hold of a Holy Bible, try to open it at the Book of Matthew 6:19-21. Jesus Christ specifically advices:

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor dust doth corrupt, and where thieves to not break through nor steal:
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Does this mean that we can fly to heaven and deposit our money over there? Or does this mean we can do a telegraphic transfer of a big amount of our money to heaven for safe keeping? Doing this would certainly be impossible isn't it?

Let us suppose you are in church and you are very rich, can you really concentrate listening to the sermon? Was there a point in your life where you are physically present in church but your thoughts were out there somewhere on how to make more money? This is simply what Jesus said, "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

But in Matthew 6:33, Jesus said, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." In connection with the three earlier verses I quoted and this last one in Matthew 6:33, perhaps Jesus is telling us to do good things first as Christians. Serve God first, worship Him and do good to your neighbors. So help those around you and maybe have fun games with people around you. Maybe you can provide an elderly care to someone you know. This is probably the best way to place our treasures in heaven.

Earthly treasures don't last long. But those that we store in heaven will last forever.