Basic Savings Account

The word ‘savings’ was never a part of my family’s vocabulary when I was growing up. As the saying goes, ‘we didn’t have a pot or a window either one’. Even in marriage, it’s only in the last few years with our children grown, that we’ve been in a position to save. Of course retirement breathing down our necks is a great motivator for making specific plans. Our church is financially healthy above and beyond substantial operating capital. The leaders are investing in what they refer to as, “basically our savings account”. This rainy-day-fund is close to a quarter of a million dollars, but the leaders aren’t sure exactly what they’re saving for. “We haven’t decided yet, maybe the money will be for a new building or for expansion sometime. We can get to the money anytime we need it, say for a new roof or like when [recently] the parking lot needs paving.” A financial planner might say ‘Amen’ to the church’s growing savings account, but with no specific plan in place I can’t see that the leaders are doing anymore than storing up treasure on earth. Jesus said, “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Matt 6:26 NIV