Should You Invest In Gold?

Invest in Gold! While driving to work and going out for lunch each day I usually listen to the radio. That totals about 40 minutes of my time each day in four driving segments. I get in roughly 15 minutes of listening to and from work and about 5 minutes to and from lunch.


Though I have not actually made a scientific study of it, I believe that more than 90 percent of the time I hear at least one commercial per drive segment exhorting me to buy gold. I can almost recite the commercials from memory.  Have you ever wondered...if this is such a great time own gold, why are so many companies selling gold? Just something to think about.


It is argued that gold has lasting value. One commercial says that gold will still have its value when the world no longer uses dollars, euros or the yen.  It is true that gold has greater value than currencies that come and go over many years. Yet gold prices fluctuate, sometimes wildly. There was a time when gold was so common that silver was considered to have little value. (1 Kings 10:21)


What Investment Should You Make?  Proverbs 23:23 says, "Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding."  In Jesus' prayer in John 17:17 He said, "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your [God's] word is truth."  (Emphasis mine-BH)  So we are encouraged by Solomon to "buy the truth" and Jesus says God's word is truth.


The Psalmist David wrote about the words of God in Psalm 19:10 where he said, "More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold."  Making an investment in the word of God has a far greater value than an investment in gold.


How Do I Invest?  Buying the truth is an investment of time.  Paul told Timothy, "Give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine." (1 Timothy 4:13)  The Psalmist said of the righteous man, "But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night." (Psalm 1:2)  So we must take the time to read God's word and then meditate on it, thinking carefully about what it is saying.


Investing in God's word requires change. Romans 12:2 says, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."  Being conformed to the world carries the idea of being molded or shaped by the world - letting those around us or those on TV dictate our values, our language, and our dress.  In contrast, those investing in God's word will be "transformed."  The word that is translated transformed is based in the idea of metamorphosis. Just like a caterpillar is transformed into a butterfly, we are changed by the word of God into something very different from the world's view of how people should act and think.  Peter calls it "partaking of the divine nature" in 2 Peter 1:4.  That means that we are less and less like the people around us and more and more like God Himself.  All because of our investment in His word.


Good Investments Are Costly.  Get rich schemes are just that...schemes.  When it comes to God's word, one does not make a minimal one-time investment and receive a huge payout.  It is continual investment over a lifetime.  "Be faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of life" Jesus said in Revelation 2:10.  Take time to read 2 Peter 1:5-11 and note the diligence necessary for this investment to provide a return.


Ready To Invest?  We are willing to help you make your investment in God's word.  We'll get together with you and read God's word together.  The beginning of a New Year is right around the corner.  Won't you start your investment now?  Contact us via FaceBook message or by using the email address on this blog.  My wife and I would love to read and grow with you.  May God bless your investment of time in His word.