Gary Rich (19
Dec 2006)
"Heaven's Millionaires"
Have you ever dreamed of being really rich, like
owning a million dollars. Most people i know have dreamed at sometime in
their lives of being a millionaire. Ready for this, as a Christian believer
in Jesus Christ you can be a millionaire in Heaven. God has put in place
throughout the Bible an Eternal Investment Plan. Whereby you can spend
your earthly life now investing in Eternity. You can be making regular
deposits into your eternal bank account in Heaven. You can send the money
you make now on ahead. Jesus said to store your "treasures" in heaven where
they will last forever, not on earth. This is an investment plan that beats
any earthly IRA or 401k plan. These are temporary, eternal investments
last forever. And God's interest rate is a hundredfold return
We are God's money managers. He wants us to invest our
money in His Kingdom. He tells us he's keeping track of every cup of cold
water we give the needy in his name. He promises us he will reward us in
heaven because we help the poor and needy who cannot pay us back for what
we do for them. We can buy up shares in God's Kingdom We can invest in
eternity everytime we give a meal to a homeless person, lead a lost soul
to Christ, do an act of kindness, volunteer in a homeless shelter, serve
in a church ministry, give our money to evangelistic and Christian ministries,
support Church mission outreaches, etc
We tend to forget that earth is not our home, so we waste
our lives pouring ourselves and our money into what will go up in smoke.
Meanwhile , God offers us the opportunity to experience a down payment
of joy-the delight that comes today in doing what you know God wants, and
anticipating hearing Him say to you in Heaven - " well done, good and faithful
servant"
The ultimate joy a Christian believer can have besides
leading someone to Christ is the joy of making wise and generous eternity-impacting
choices with their money and possessions. Jesus said in Matthew 6:19-24
" do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, but store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven". Jesus invites you to choose your treasury, will you
invest your treasures on earth and lose them when you die ? Or will you
invest your treasures in heaven, where they will last for eternity
We will all be held accountable for what we do in this
life, including what we do with our money. If we are generous with our
possessions and faithful in our service, Jesus will reward us beyond our
imagination. Bible prophecy and current world events in the Middle-East
are all pointing towards the soon return of Jesus Christ. Be a wise Christian
and invest your time and resources into eternity, and very soon you will
be appearing before Jesus Himself at the Judgement Seat of Christ where
you will hear Him say, " well done thy good and faithful servant " !!!
have a blessed day in Christ Jesus, Gary