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Proverbs 23:4  Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich. Be wise enough to know when to quit. 5  In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.

In making economic choices, the believer must take into consideration the biblical perspective of his or her own mortality. Ecclesiastes 5:15 says, “We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.”  You can’t take it with you but you can send it up ahead of you.  In this life, God sets before us a daily opportunity cost posed by the question, “What can I do today while I am still living that will benefit me for eternity in heaven when I die?” 

John Maynard Keynes once remarked, “In the long run, we all are dead.”  We all may die (some of us will be changed in the twinkling of an eye), but I plan on living the resurrected life.  In the long-run, we live!  The believer, in his walk of faith, has more to look forward to in the age to come, than the unbeliever (and that is an understatement of the highest proportions!).  So it would follow, that we should have a framework, a construct that allows us to maximize of faith and please God our Father with the precious time that we have.

Think about it.  Some of us have 20 or 30 years left to live.  And even then, tomorrow is not promised to us.  We only have a finite amount of opportunities to choose to express our faith for Christ.  Think of how many opportunities we have already wasted!  I encourage you not to allow another day pass without appreciating how rich you are in Christ and what a glorious opportunity you have to impact the souls of others on his behalf.