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Eccl
10:20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse
the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry
your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
Investments start with being theologically
tuned in to the fact that God doesn’t hate Kings or people with
wealth. If we believe God has a bias against wealth, we’ll
subconsciously sabotage our own efforts to invest (negative
faith for prosperity). Said positively, God loves to be
generous with His people. Right now, He’s calling Kings into a
place of ministry that requires wealth and influence.
Eccl 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days
you will find it again.
This verse is correctly used by pastors to
support generosity in giving. I want to suggest that it also
applies to Kings that make investments. You wouldn’t expect to
scatter your money out in some big lake and have it return. God
wants to bless Kings greatly. One way is through investments –
None of this is new, its older than Solomon. Its sets in motion
the personal promise of the Father to “return”… a 100 fold.
Notice too, that “you will find it again”.
When you cast your bread on the waters (Kings making
investments) you have to look for a return. May Christians
invest or give and believe its carnal to expect a return. “You
will find it” if you look. Isaac had a one hundred-fold increase
in one year (10,000%). That’s my Biblical standard for a good
annual investment goal. We plant... God Blesses... and
increase is the result.
Isaac planted crops in that land and
the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed
him. 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to
grow until he became very wealthy. Gen 26:12-13
Note: Did you know that insurance policies,
stocks, mutual funds and pensions all provide a pool of
money that is used to make returns of 50-200% per year?
They pay you 5-15% and keep the rest. Most corporations
won't invest in anything with less than a 3 year payback.
33% is the lowest investment return they will consider.
2
Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what
disaster may come upon the land.
Making your investment (or giving)
generous and diverse will protect you in whatever hard times the
future may bring. Seven is the perfect number. Go one past
that. Its another way of emphasizing the need to cast your
break upon the waters and start the sowing and reaping process.
3
If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place
where it falls, there will it lie. 4 Whoever watches the wind
will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
Fear is the biggest hindrance to taking an
investment or business risk. If we look only at the things that
could go wrong, we’ll never make a move. Many expect God to
make their decisions for them or show them exactly which
investment to make… and never hear anything and never do
anything. We use the term “Kings” because it helps communicate
the initiative that God expects us to take. He wants us to
dream, investigate, and prayerfully decide… expecting the
blessing of God to flow toward us. God gives us faith and favor
for a direction; we have to make a few decisions to move toward
that direction. God is looking for friends, brother,
co-laborers, Kings to move with him out of their own free will –
not robots controlled from the throne room.
5
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is
formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of
God, the Maker of all things.
We don’t know all things. We see through a
glass darkly. Acknowledging Jesus as Lord of All keeps our
perspective balanced. Our guidance isn’t just human wisdom, we
depend on the leading of the Holy Spirit. However, we’re not so
spiritual that we can’t make a decision. Business failures are
reminders of our humanity not an indictment of our inherent
rebellious, sinful nature. Kings fail once in a while. When
they do, they get back up and do it the right way. My favorite
motivational axiom is, “”Anything worth doing well, is worth
doing poorly 3 or 4 times until you get it right.”
6
Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands
be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or
that, or whether both will do equally well.
The first gem in this verse is that you
have to sow your seed (take the leap). We aren’t guaranteed
which one will work out (investment counselors call this
diversity in your portfolio). Notice he talks about which ones
succeed instead of which ones fail. They “both will do equally
well” instead of “both may fail”. Get the picture? The glass
is half full. In general God is saying He wants to bless you.
Now, you have to knock on some doors to see which ones open.
7
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. 8
However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. But
let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.
Kings are invited to enjoy their life and
ministry. There are sacrifices, but its not all sacrifice.
Most of our Christian walk is a delightful joy, a thrill, a
great adventure walking hand-in-hand with the Lord.
9
Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart
give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your
heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these
things God will bring you to judgment. 10 So then, banish
anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.
Be happy. Notice the phrase, “follow the
ways of your heart”. Many Christians believe this is a formula
for sinful behavior. It can be if we’re immature and carnal,
but most Kings I’ve met have been dealt with by God and broken.
They’ve seen enough of their dead works go south that they have
no appetite to do something outside the leading of the Lord.
They know God has their best interests at heart and His ways
bring the greatest blessing.
I’m not a “sky is falling” alarmist. But
my company lost their contract and I ended up out on the street
without a retirement package. The circumstance encouraged me to
take responsibility for my own retirement future. For
those of you that don't believe in retirement; I agree with you,
but I'm still going into my golden years with a plan for
abundance. This article is interesting. We shouldn't be
too optimistic about pensions or social security - I have more
confidence in God's ability to lead me through the investment
maze.
9/16/04 article by Neil Cavuto (foxnews.com)
Do you know the sad reality about the state
of the nation's pensions today? They're promises, that's all.
Promises that are easily broken and, more often, easily
re-jiggered. What’s the moral of the story? Control your own
fate. Invest your own money/ Take charge of your own life. You
may trust your company with your life. I'm saying just be
careful trusting it with your money. Here's why: Companies go
belly-up. No, not all of them, but enough of them to give you
pause. Because when a company hits the skids, company bosses hit
the books and desperately look for items to skim off those
books. Items like pensions and their contributions to them.
It's among the first areas the green eyeshade guys close the
shade on. After all, pension needs aren't "present" needs.
They're future needs. And the company figures it needs the money
now, not later. So later, things go away. The company's focused
on just surviving today. What’s the moral of the story? Like
your company, but don't bet on your company. And don't put all
your financial eggs in the company basket. Get some other
baskets and some other eggs. I know it's tough, but you know
what's tougher? Being left high and dry when the company basket
is empty and the eggs are smashed. It happened at Enron. Don't
let it happen to you. Invest any way you can, wherever you can
and with whatever dough you can — clearly and consistently.
Don't assume the government will be there for you. There's an
agency that protects some of your pension, but it doesn't
protect all of your pension. And besides, it's hurting. You
should be hunting… like now.
