Getting Good With Moneyنموونە

When the pandemic first hit, I took to social media to tell all my readers that they needed to go into storm mode and start saving as much as they could in case they lost their jobs. Most of my readers appreciated my posts, but a few were not so happy with me. One direct messaged me to say that I was “putting my faith in man instead of God by telling others to aggressively save their money.”

I responded to her that even Noah had to build the ark. God did not toss Noah the ark and say, “Hop on, buddy!” No. He told Noah to build the ark, and Noah had to get to work. Noah not only had to put his faith and trust in what the Lord was telling him, but he also had to do the hard, dirty work of building that massive ark. If you are not familiar with the story, Noah didn’t build the ark in a day or even a month; it took him years to build it. He could have given up at any point, but he didn’t. He showed up. He went to work. He built the ark, timber by timber and stick by stick. His neighbors thought he had lost his mind, but when the flood waters came, Noah, his family, and all the animals aboard the ark were safe (Genesis 6–9).

This is what your fully funded emergency fund is supposed to do: keep your family afloat when the flood waters rise. But guess what? Just as God didn’t build the ark for Noah, no one else is going to build your emergency fund for you. You have to get to work, laboring to get your family to the place of financial freedom and safety you desire.

Prayer

Father, Please help me to know when and how to spend my money, and please prepare me for the future you have set before me. Amen.