Black Friday?

No it isn't.

I'm sure many of you have been following the plummeting stock market. Our retirement accounts, our investments, and our children's college funds are declining markedly. What in the world is going on? What are we going to do?

While I'm not a financial adviser, I am familiar with biblical principles of finances. Many Christians are wringing their hands watching the market as it rises and falls with each day closing at 8451.19 points today. What does all that mean? For most of us, it doesn't mean anything . . . . today. All the worrying in the world isn't going to drive the market up. Here's the biblical advice: don't trust in your finances. Jesus told us, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal." (Matthew 6:19-20)

Here's the bottom line: our treasure is not here, our eternity is not here. As the roller coaster market continues, and it will for a while, take this time to thank the Lord for being the guardian of all the treasures you've layed up in heaven. They'll be there when you get there.

The ultimate bail-out plan was carried out when Jesus willingly gave His life for each of us when He died on the cross. Unlike the government's bailout plan, this one didn't cost us a penny, but it cost Jesus everything.