God provides financial surplus so that we can save for the future, give to the needy around us and invest. The purpose of investing money is to grow your money or to produce an income. But, if we decide to invest our money, where should we allocate it?
Invest in the Kingdom of God
We are told by Jesus to seek first the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33) and that where we place our treasure reveals where our heart is too (Matthew 6:31). Since we should not serve money as a master, or seek to grow rich (I Timothy 6:10), but we can use money to serve the Lord by investing in the Kingdom of God: supporting missionaries, tithing to our local church, giving to the poor in Jesus' Name, supporting Christian ministries, and blessing Crisis Pregnancy Centers. These are all ways we can invest in the Kingdom of God.
When my husband, Mike was a young man planning to go to seminary to answer the call of God on his life, an older man invested in the Kingdom of God by investing in Mike. He gave him a sales job with a generous base pay and commission. This money paid tuition at seminary; the beginning of a lifetime of ministry. Not only was this man investing in the Kingdom of God, he was investing in my husband's dreams!
Invest in Your Dreams
We invested in my husband's dreams too. Before we had children, we both worked. But, Mike and I lived off of his income and saved mine. We put the money in savings, along with the extra money Mike earned, to use during our seminary years. We could have lived extravagantly during those early years of marriage, but instead we were very frugal so that we could invest in Mike's dream.
God puts dreams into our hearts. Invest in making those dreams come true. Do you have a dream to paint? Invest in painting lessons. Is it your ambition to write a book? Invest in software to help with the layout. Is your dream to fly a plane? Even though flying lessons are expensive, you can put a little aside each month until you have the money to invest in your aviation dream. We can invest in our dreams!

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