Did you know that Apple stock purchased in 1997 has gone up 9000% to today’s market? I came close to investing heavily in Apple at around that time. I felt led by the Spirit to do so but made a fatal mistake – I consulted an expert who knew all about investments. The famous words spoken by a Christian money manager were, “What’s an Apple?” A couple of years later I felt a similar leading but made the same mistake of consulting this expert. I explained that the iPod had just been on the cover of Time magazine. His response was, “What’s an iPod?” (I was on my second one.)
Lessons learned:
- It’s probably not good to confine decisions to Christian professionals (strike probably; insert your own stronger word as you see fit)
- There’s no point in punishing ourselves for missed opportunities. Nothing will change as a result. List your learnings and move on.
- God’s leading always trumps the experts – ALWAYS, no matter what your age, experience, and field of endeavor.
- There are always going to be more opportunities in the Kingdom of God. God not only owns all the gold and all the silver because he is the Creator of opportunities. For those who are relatively free from fear, doors will open passages we can walk through. I’d much rather have a future opportunity than merely the present accumulation of goods. Goods come and go (mostly go). Opportunity is going to open amazing doors and prove that God is who he says he is.
