The stock market is one of those things I know very little about.  Maybe you know a lot about it. I hear that we are in a bear market which I understand isn’t a good thing, but corona virus has had its impact on the world economy.  I guess we would rather have a bull market which means a good thing for the economy.  All I know is that the buying and selling of stocks and everything else that goes along with Wall Street takes research, discernment, boldness and in some cases perseverance and longevity to see good returns on investments.  I would not know where to begin with it all.  I do know this, if the market indexes drop so does my retirement fund, if they go up then, it correspondingly does the same.  More than any of the market, I trust God to provide for the future because He holds the future in His Hand, so God also has my “futures” as well!

It is interesting that in God’s economy, He has a stock market as well.  However, it is not a physical market dealing with the likes of what we have been talking about, it is a spiritual market that we are to invest in and not let go of.  Listen to Proverbs 23:23, 

“Buy – and do not sell – truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.”

In God’s economy it is a buy only and do not sell strategy.  The strategy for man is to find and obtain with what it takes to know and have truth.  For the believer truth is the person Jesus Christ, you can’t buy Jesus like an item at the store but you can give yourself totally to Him and receive the truth and the truth will set you free.  That’s the supreme commodity.  

In God’s economy we are to buy wisdom.  Again, money can’t “buy” wisdom, but faith and asking the Lord without doubt will bring the blessing of wisdom from God (James 1: 5-8).  Wisdom helps develop maturity in our walk with Jesus. 

In God’s economy we are to buy instruction.  Many people pay a lot of money for education, seminars, and continuing education credits.  To buy instruction is to dig into God’s Word with a receptive spirit to His teaching of commands, principles, ordinances, statutes, and precepts. (Psalm 119, Proverbs) His instruction is essential to spiritual and physical life.

In God’s economy we are to buy understanding.  Understanding comes from obediently walking with Jesus, making application of truth, wisdom and instruction.  When we rely fully on God’s strategy for His economy in our lives, we gain by grace, understanding of His love, purposes, and plans.  We then become one of the richest and most fulfilled people on this earth, being spiritually vested in eternity.

God’s economy has the best retirement plan ever offered to any man, and it is found in Jesus!  Invest where it counts, “Buy – and don’t sell – truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding”.