HEAVEN: THE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENT STOCK.

Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

From the very beginning of civilization, God has ordained that we should eat our bread in the sweat of our face. The apostle Paul reiterated this concept by saying, He that shall not work shall not eat. Our verse today teaches us that God always blesses the work of industrious men and women, but is it the only lens though which to see this saying of Solomon?

Jesus taught to not put our trust in earth’s uncertain riches. He also taught us to not work for the meat that perishes but to work for that meat which endureth unto eternal life. Jesus and Paul also often speak in terms of rewards in Heaven for a work well done on earth. In the light of these statements, we can conclude that the concept of rewards for diligent work needs not to be solely understood as a earthly concept, bus also as a spiritual one. It needs to be applied for most important of all investment stocks: Heaven.

What is that ‘meat which endureth unto eternal life’ that Jesus mentioned to His disciples? What can we take from this earth that will endure in heaven? What are those ‘works’ that are transformed into these starry crowns promised unto us for our diligent faithfulness?

Jesus said that the work of God was to believe on Him whom God has sent. Daniel tells us that if we turn people to righteousness we will shine as stars in the firmament. To become a star was a Middle-Eastern Semitic concept of afterlife reward.

The souls we win to our Master and the spiritual wealth we amass during our stay on earth are the only things we can take with us when we leave this earth. God will not ask about our bank accounts nor about our real estate spread on earth. He will not ask to see our wardrobe, the type of car we drive nor if we use the latest technology. God will simply take look at the state of our heart, and through a careful assessment of its condition, He will easy see how much we have invested in the true spiritual riches of the kingdom of Heaven, how much we have study and most of all obeyed the Words of His Heavenly instructions, of His contract given to us in the Torah. He will also take a poll of the souls in Heaven and see how many claim your instrumentality for finding the Word of Truth that led them to God.

Let us think about these things. Are as concerned and careful of our investments in Heaven as we are of our investments on earth?