Wending Our Way...
Investment Strategies
March 27, 2024
Romans 13:14
...clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the sinful nature.
I recently heard a commercial that started with the words, "There are so many ways to invest..." and went on to proclaim the merits of the investment firm sponsoring the ad. Oddly enough, the word 'invest' originally meant 'to put clothes on.' Its financial usage goes back to the 17th century when 'invest' came to mean dressing up one's assets by putting them in various stocks or business ventures.
Today there's a lot we can invest in or clothe ourselves with. There are stocks and bonds and various companies of course; but there's also power, prestige, money, appearances, possessions, judgmentalism, greed, enmity....
Thankfully, we who know Jesus have more fulfilling, more loving and more far-reaching choices. We have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Gal. 5:22) Others may invest in earthly wealth, but we invest in eternity.