Guaranteed returns for your 401k
In today’s economic chaos, with the stock market swinging wildly, grocery prices rising and stubborn unemployment over 9%, jobs and future economic well being are threatened. Many 401ks are shrinking and future dependence on the economy looks futile.
In today’s economic chaos, with the stock market swinging wildly, grocery prices rising and stubborn unemployment over 9%, jobs and future economic well being are threatened. Many 401ks are shrinking and future dependence on the economy looks futile.
There is a place of certainty amidst the chaos, a guaranteed return. I call it an eternal 401k representing 401Kingdom. The work of God often moves forward on the unpaid energy of her women in many settings. In our financially focused world sometimes they feel slighted, and sometimes they, are in this life. However, I often jokingly remind those faithful volunteers in Kingdom service that they are enriching their eternal retirement plan, that eternal 401k. Remember, you can’t take it with you, but you can send it on ahead!
If you reflect about Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:19-21: “Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Accumulating treasure where there’s no danger of inflation or devastated economies, but a guaranteed eternal return in your eternal 401K.
As to the rate of return, check out Jesus’ words in Mark 10:30. This isn’t a prosperity gospel, but a promise of a life filled with Jesus’ provision. One little note in this life, with persecutions; this is still a fallen world.
Let’s invest for those eternal results.
Gwynne Johnson
Gwynne Johnson currently serves on the Board of Entrust, Inc., an international education and training mission where she authored the Entrust curriculum, Developing a Discerning Heart. She recently served as Co-Chair of the training project, Christian Women in Partnership, Russia and as Senior Director of Women's Ministry at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. Gwynne has a M.A. in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. She currently lives in Huntsville, Texas with her husband of 58 years, Don. She works part-time in her daughter and granddaughter's bakery "The Best Box Ever," where she gets paid in cookies.
