nostr:npub17kf0qndv46r80dhcnupmqapkv3qu5gdsufu5k9vmujty99yukjtqftk4vf how do you balance (if that's even the right word) the expectation that bitcoin will increase in purchasing power over time and the call for Christians to give generously/sacrificially/joyfully?
I'm not talking about the temptation to secure our future materially and at the expense of generosity. Though that's definitely there.
I'm talking about the wisdom of delayed giving if we intend to give the same amount of sats and the recipient is operating in fiat.
Great question. I remember first that I am only a steward of God’s resources and trust that He will handle timing.
Rest well in the big picture that you are saving wisely.
He also knew that time is the most scarce resource. Use it wisely.
As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to might, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and wickedness;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.
— Psalm 90:10
Those who save in #bitcoin learn that it is important to zoom out.
This is not new wisdom. Moses told us in Psalm 90 more than 3,000 years ago.
For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
Or as a watch in the night.
— Psalm 90:4
Make sure that your way of life is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,” so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.
What will man do to me?”
Heb13:5-6
Your legacy matters - The sons of Samuel the prophet abandoned the truth of God. Will yours do the same?
1 Samuel 8:3 “His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.”
“Who would have considered in their range of economic predictions that one man’s obsession with selling books on the internet in the mid-1990s would lead to an explosion in the construction of warehouses in Southern California decades later?” - Doomberg
“Having a personal relationship with one who is only moderately holy, partially sovereign, modestly wrathful, or minimally loving becomes less of a priority.”
Reading Made in Our Image by Steve Lawson and enjoyed this quote.