I learned a lot from being friends with
William MacDonald, who wrote the Bible Believers Commentary.
That book sold over a million copies, and
it could have easily made Bill MacDonald a
millionaire, but he believed in putting his money
in heaven.
William MacDonald wrote over 80 books, and he
never took a dime off of any of
them.
Rather, he plowed that money into the spread
of the gospel.
Bill invested all his money in heaven.
He lived frugally, and what money he had
above his basic needs, he put in the
bank of heaven toward the spread of the
gospel.
His desk in his Spartan apartment in San
Leonardo, California, was a door taken off its
hinges and laid across two chairs.
Bill never spent any money on himself, and
Bill's book on discipleship, True Discipleship, is a
classic.
It sold over a million copies as well,
and he plowed all that money away into
heaven as well.
Bill encouraged me to write my own book
on discipleship, No Turning Back, and he advised
me not to state the obvious and to
take the gloves off.
Bill convinced me to take all my profits
from all my books and put that money
in heaven.
I am the author of 18 books, and
I've never taken a dime of royalties from
any of them.
All my books at Revival Literature, all the
profits there, go directly to printing Bibles in
Russia, and all my books at Gospel Folio
Press up in Canada, the profits go into
foreign missions and evangelism.
Right now, I'm trying to raise money for
the church in Africa for Bible translation.
Every dollar that someone gives to my ministry,
20% of it will go to foreign
Bible translation.
I may be poor in the things of
this earth, but I have a pretty big
bank account in heaven that I've been investing
in for years.
Jesus told us, Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon our earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and
steal.
But rather, lay up for yourself treasure in
heaven.
With all the recent stock market fancy of
people making a quick fortune in a few
days, it's created a spirit of greed in
folks.
Christians aren't supposed to sit on their money
like the world does, but to put those
resources to work in the spread of the
gospel.
Put that money in heaven.
People perish by the minute without ever hearing
a simple gospel message.
Wouldn't you rather die with a little less
net worth, friend, in the knowledge that you
did all you could with your money, your
time, your talents, and your resources in the
spread of the gospel in your generation?
Put your money in heaven, friend, where it
counts for eternity.
You'll be glad you did.