Investing involves time. Both long-term and short-term investments must be considered. Short-term investments should not endanger long-term investments.
Investing does not only involve finances. One must also invest in the body, mind, and emotions. Physical planning determines what, when, and how much I eat and includes proper physical exercise. Mental investing demarcates what, when, and how much I allow my senses to feed my mind and includes proper mental exercise. Emotional investing delimitates what, when, and how much I control and exercise emotions. These four; financial, body, mind, and emotions are short-term investments.
Jesus’s parable reveals a fifth investment, the premiere investment. This investment is in God and his kingdom. This is the only long-term investment. The rich man in the parable gave the short-term investments his undue attention while ignoring the long-term investment of God and his kingdom. Jesus taught his disciples, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal… But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:19, 33)
