Why Ministry is a Better Investment than Blue Chip Stocks

Investment gurus always advise whoever wants to listen to invest in blue chip stocks because they are reliable stocks in a volatile market and will deliver solid returns year after year to investors. But there is an investment that has a far greater probability of higher return: Ministry.

Fulfilling our ministry in obedient gratitude to the Lord is a better investment than blue chip stocks because:

1. The return of ministry is eternal; it goes beyond this life.
Meanwhile, the return of blue chips is limited to this life. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal" (Matt 6:19-20)

2. The return of ministry in the afterlife knows no limit
Ministry does help us to enlarge our capacity to receive a never-ending joy that flows from God in heaven. The more we serve God, the bigger the joy we experience in heaven. Each drop of sweat, tear, and (even) blood counts. “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you" (Matt 5:11)

3. Ministry has eternal consequences: heaven and hell.
Blue-chips only have temporal consequences while enslave us. "I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word.. fulfill your ministry" (2 Tim 4:1-4). Those we serve will either end up in heaven or hell. If we preach anything but Christ (and that includes philosophy, psychology, and everything that satisfies our itching ears), the hearers will end up in hell. For non-preachers, your ministry also has hellish consequences. Mahatma Gandhi remained a Hindu because he was denied entry by ushers at a church in London. To which he replied "If you have a caste system in Christianity, I might as well remain a Hindu"

4. Ministry is 'the good fight'
Christ Jesus who will judge the living and the dead will also give the crown of righteousness to those who, like Paul, have fought a good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith (2 Tim 4). Paul did not refer to the way he fought, but that he has chosen a good fight. The good fight. And that is serving Christ Jesus. Others like Demas chose a different fight, building up the kingdom of the world.