The Best Investment You Could Ever Make
When talking about investments we always want to consider the rate of return. We want to know how much we will be earning per annum. We then compare it with other investments, weigh the risk versus the rewards and make a decision on the matter based on whether the risk involved is compensated by the reward that can be obtained.
But what do you suppose is the world’s greatest investment? The Holy Scripture gives us the answer.
King Solomon wisely writes in Proverbs chapter 19:7, “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
A wonderful paraphrase for the such verse is given by the Living Bible wherein it says “When you help the poor you are lending to the Lord–and he pays wonderful interest on your loan!”
So there you have it. The best high yielding investment in the world is to help the poor! According to the Bible, helping the poor is lending to the Lord. Note that the verse does not say “You are “like” lending to the Lord.” But rather it emphatically states that “You are lending to the Lord.” The poor are not the ones that will be paying you back. It is God who will pay you back. Not only will He pay you back, he will pay you a “wonderful interest on your loan.” Isn’t that amazing?
Abraham Lincoln once wisely gave this statement “God must love the poor. Why else would he have made so many of them?”
When Jesus Christ was here on earth, Helping those who have less in this life has always been one of his major ministries. In fact he spent a lot of time with the common people, the sick, the needy, those who are spiritually in need and those whose lives has been broken not only by emotional and spiritual problems but by physical problems as well. Even though the primary focus of His ministry is to “Seek and to save that which was lost,” He nevertheless spent a great amount of time helping those who are needy.
Matthew chapter 25 verse 34 to 40 gives us an idea of how important the ministry of Jesus Christ is to the poor when he says: “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME.”
Not only will God repay you with wonderful interest for helping the poor and the needy, whatever have done for them, you have also done it for Christ. That is why helping the poor and the needy is indeed the world’s greatest investment.