Gold Prices Are at Record Highs. The Kingdom Pays Better.

The Difference Between Riches and Reward

As of this writing, the price of gold is $5,052….per ounce!

I once almost bought gold back in 2006 when it was $696. Not that I had the money, but I had good instincts to invest then.

Then, I almost bought silver when it was $15 back in 2018. Now that I could have afforded. If I had bought $50 worth, I would have $366 today. That’s because silver is also exploding and hit an all-time high of $120 this week.

And my last investor sob story is that I almost bought Bitcoin at $3,000 (now $82,745) and Ethereum at $150 (now $2,741). Actually, my first Substack was on crypto investing for women. That’s what made me start investing, realizing that time was on the move, and if you think twice about investing, you miss out on compounding growth.

So, as a retail investor, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I may have missed my opportunity to stack bars.

Then God spoke to me clearly and made a link I had been missing:

You still have a chance to stack gold, just change your framework:

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.

Matthew 6:19-21

Then I remembered whatever we value here and whatever we feel we missed out on in this life will be exponentially exceeded in the life to come. And while here we have to worry about keeping our investments safe from thieves and even the up and down cycles of the markets, but in heaven there is no such thing. What’s yours is yours forever.

Notwithstanding the false doctrine of the Prosperity Gospel, we don’t talk much about this, perhaps because we don’t want to seem greedy and like the only reason we want to go to heaven is for the riches.

But the Bible talks a lot about how wealthy God is and how abundantly rich heaven is. Count how many treasures are in this passage alone:

The wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. The wall of the city was built on foundation stones inlaid with twelve precious stones: the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were made of pearls—each gate from a single pearl! And the main street was pure gold, as clear as glass. I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Revelation 21:18-22 NLT

Paul also talks about the rewards in heaven:

Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials, gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value. If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. '

1 Corinthians 3:12-14 NLT

All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.

1 Corinthians 9:25

Jesus does to:

But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you. '

Matthew 6:3-4

The servants who are ready and waiting for his return will be rewarded.
I tell you the truth, he himself will seat them, put on an apron, and serve them as they sit and eat! He may come in the middle of the night or just before dawn. But whenever he comes, he will reward the servants who are ready. '

Luke 12:37-38

God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven.

Matthew 5:11-12

Lastly, it just so happens that the verse of the year at my church has the word reward in it:

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord.
Remember the great reward it brings you!
Patient endurance is what you need now,
so that you will continue to do God’s will.
Then you will receive all that he has promised.
“For in just a little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.”

Hebews 10:35-37

I wonder what these rewards are? Either way, it seems that they will be regarded as a reward or a prize. I don’t just think he means just everlasting life, although James does mention a “crown of life” in James 1:12. No, since we will already be in heaven, eternal life is assumed. There seems to be something more.

The fact is, we worry so much about what we are accumulating here on Earth and in this life, but do we obsess enough about what our reward will be in heaven? If we were to pick one to worry about, isn’t the eternal one more important?

There are numerous scriptures about fair wages, the distribution of talents, and even extravagant offerings and giving, which lead me to believe that God has an amazing afterlife waiting for us, far, far beyond what we can even imagine.

Why? Because that’s what he talked about. A lot. And, also, that’s his nature.

He’s a generous God.

Yaweh is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,

This life is tough.
Thank you for promising a great reward
to those who endure till the end.

Amen.