With each announcement of a new law or administrative order affecting our finances, advisors at all levels of wisdom do their best to steer their listeners to various courses of action. Some are motivated by misunderstandings, some are motivated by fear, and most are motivated by greed (often the greed of the advisor). With all of these voices at a fever pitch, it is tempting to tune them all out and stay on whatever course we have been on. Good stewardship, however, requires more thorough consideration of (1) our resources, (2) our motives and (3) our goals. Once those three things are in clear view, wise decisions become much easier to reach, and a wise perspective becomes much harder to lose.
We will examine each of these three factors and highlight how a Godly perspective on each will allow a more peaceful and God-honoring stewardship, regardless of our present lot in life.
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One of the many problems with online advisors is that they, by nature, have no relationship with the person who is seeking their advice. The first consequence of this lack is the fact that the advisor is not at all aware of what resources the advice-seeker has at his or her disposal. There is an enormous difference in financial complexity between a man with $50,000 in assets and a man with $5 million in assets, and there is an equally enormous differe ...
