Matthew 13:12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
The return on investment (ROI) in the world’s economy would depend on the conditions attached to the investment policy. A high risk investment also comes with high returns but also with high risk of loss. But it is not so in God’s Economy.
“In the God’s Economy, the higher the risk/sacrifice, the greater the ‘return’ as well as ‘surety’ on the ROI”.
In God’s Economy, investment policies are very different to that of the world. Extending endless forgiveness is an investment strategy that grows faith. “Faith in action” (Walking Faith), accumulates compound interest, and “Praise and Patience” multiplies the returns on divine investments. Deposit into God’s economy.
Faith Investment Fund:
1. Forgiving-Faith: Jesus commanded His disciples to extend endless forgiveness but the apostles cried, “Increase our faith!” (Luke 17:5). Jesus said, “invest the mustard seed of faith in forgiving those who hurt you and your faith will automatically grow.” “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you (Luke 17:6). Unforgiveness stunts the growth of faith but forgiveness accumulates interest in the Faith-Fund.
2. Walking-Faith: “Walking-Faith” is implicit obedience to God’s Word and to exercise faith without questions or doubts. Ten lepers came to Jesus for healing. Jesus said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed (Luke 17:14). Walking in obedience to the Word of God accumulates compound interest to the deposit of faith.
3. Hundredfold-Faith: Jesus said, “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life” (Matthew 19:29). When we risk everything that is precious to us for His name sake, such sacrificial-faith yields a hundredfold! Hundred-times is (1×100) but hundredfold is (100×100).
Invest your seeds of faith into the high returns divine faith-investment-fund.
Higher the risk of investment, greater the surety and safety of returns in God’s economy.
Prayer: Sovereign Lord, teach me to grow my faith by forgiving, increase my faith through obedience and sacrificially invest in the hundredfold-faith policy. Amen.
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