Simplw. Because God is.
Don’t get me wrong, Warren’s great but he’s just not the greatest!
Huh?
Did I lose you? Alright…let’s start from the beginning. God is a Businessman, right?
Right…well I guess. No…no guessing…He is.
The Bible portyays Him in many ways…and a Businessman is one of them. The Bible shows Him as a Landowner who creates jobs, leases His land and collects rent, and promotes those who give Him profit and fires those who don’t. God is a Businessman.
But to see Him as a Businessman is also to see Him as an Investor.
Why? Because business and investing are two sides of the same coin. Warren himself said:
“I’m a better businessman because I am an investor and a better investor because I am a businessman. If you have the mentality of both, it aids you in each field.”
And one of the things we know about this Investor is that He always expects a return on His investment.
The three terms used to describe price fluctuations are: discount, market value, and premium. Let me explain the difference:
Premium- the price above market value
Market Value- what people think the investment’s worth
Discount- the price below market value
For example: A home is at valued $300K market value; if you buy it at $450K you bought it a premium. If you buy it at $150K you bought it a discount. Got it? Good.
God tends to buy things at a discount. Whenever the price of something drops the market (or people) no longer see it as valuable–that’s when The Great Investor comes along. He buys stones that the builders reject. He is always near to those who’ve been discounted by the market and thrown away by the crowd. He invests in long shots. That’s why Paul told the church at Corinth:
“Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of ‘the brightest and the best’ among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these ‘nobodies’ to expose the hollow pretensions of the ’somebodies’”? [1]
Last point: people run to premiums and run away from discounts. The best way to tell who really loves you is this: when they buy into you what price are you at?
My advice: the people who really love you are the one’s who love you at a discount.
What are your thoughts?
- 1 Corinthians 1:26-27 (The Message)
