The Savvy Business Woman of God

As much as we women of God would love to walk around in the Spirit, we face the harsh reality of this fast-paced man-eat-man world and inevitably engage in the never-ending game of the survival of the fittest. We hustle to make money, so that we can partake in the beautiful luxuries this world has to offer. We desire the newest cars, the newest phones, and we keep up with the latest fashion trends. After all, we don't want to ever become a has-been.

I am writing this to you to tell you that there is so much more to life than material things! We must learn to make money work for us, instead of working for money! A savvy business woman knows where to invest her possessions in order to make a profit. God is calling us to be business women for him. He lends us his personal possessions daily-- our house, our cars, our phones, our clothes, our money. Let me rephrase that: HIS house, HIS cars, HIS phones, HIS clothes, and HIS money.

Everything that we have is HIS, and he expects us to use our possessions and invest them; not just on this Earth, but in heaven!

How can we invest our earthly possessions in the kingdom of God? Surely we can not take those possessions to heaven with us when we die! However, you CAN invest your possessions by using them to help establish God's will. 

Does someone need a place to stay? Let them stay in your home.
Does someone need a ride to the grocery store, or perhaps to church? Give them a ride in your car.
Does someone need prayer or a word of encouragement? Give them a call on your phone.
Does someone need clothes? Lend the clothes off your back.
Does someone need money? Give them your money, and your time to help them.

Give, give give, without hope of return. All the treasures you have on this Earth, even your own husbands and children--your own family, all belong to God.

God is the one who gives you a stable job. God is the one who allows your family to wake up every morning. God is the one who provides for you, but he expects you to take his money and invest it.

Consider the parable of the Talents, found in Matthew 25:14-30, told by Jesus Christ himself:

A business man had to go on a trip, so he entrusted the money of his estate to his three servants. To one man, he gave one talent, to another, two, and to the other five, according to their abilities. When he left, two of the men tried to put their money to work, but the man who had the one talent was afraid to lose the money, so he buried it.When the master returned from his trip, he called them together for a financial report. The man with two talents, and the man with five talents both doubled their master's money that they had invested. The master was very pleased with these two servants. He explained that since they were faithful with little, that he would put them in charge over much. However, for the servant that had buried the money, he called wicked. The master took away what little he had, and gave it to the one who had doubled their investment to 10 talents.

God expects us to do the same. If we use our money according to his will, and invest our treasures in heaven, he will bless us with abundance here on Earth as well. If you are tired of living paycheck to paycheck, tithe your money to God, even when you think you don't have enough, and give to those in need. In doing so, God will trust you with much more. One day, God is going to call each and every one of us to take a financial report, and he will hold us accountable for the way we chose to spend our money during our small time here on Earth. Invest in heaven, and spend wisely. Be the savvy business woman God desires for you to be.

(Matthew 6:19-21) - “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."