You Can Learn How To Make Wise( Skillful) Financial Decisions

Category: Finance.

Have you ever felt like you simply can' t make good financial decisions?

Or when you buy a car, the next weekend it goes on sale? When you buy stocks, does it seem like they always drop in price as soon as you buy them? Why are these problems so common? Well, the Bible tells us that there are a number of reasons. Why is it that so many of us really struggle to make wise financial decisions? It could be greed, impatience, fear, ignorance, etc, laziness.

But just when you think you have that one licked, fear creeps in and causes you to make a foolish decision. The really frustrating thing about financial decisions, is that you, though might deal with greed pretty well. Or maybe you get lazy and don' t do the work necessary to make a good decision. But what is wisdom that it can have such an effect on our decisions? Yes, it really does require wisdom to make good financial decisions( or any good decision, for that matter) . If you look through Scripture, it creates a picture of wisdom. In fact, in Exodus 36: 2 we get a small part of that picture.

This picture is a lot more practical than you might think. There it says, "And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work. " The words" in whose mind the LORD had put skill" is another way of saying wisdom. The mind of the craftsman gave him the skill to carve or build amazing structures. So, in essence, wisdom is the skill of using your mind. The book of Proverbs describes how to be wise( or skillful) in righteousness. That's why making money comes easy for some people- - but is very difficult for others.

The verse also shows that God gives us skills that make us better at certain things than others. However, because we' re talking about a skill, it's quite possible for you to become more skilled than you are. You can learn how to make wise( skillful) financial decisions. You may never be a master at financial decisions, but you can get better. So if you think you' re making foolish( unskilled) financial decisions now, it's time to develop your skill. But, you, over time' ll notice a difference in how wise your financial decisions have become.

It will take time, persistence, hard work, humility, prayer and the ability to be teachable.