What
value does a financial trader (equities, FOREX, futures, options,
commodity, etc..) brings directly in the life of the common people?. This was
a mind boggling question I always asked myself before I stepped into the
vocation of financial trading. Doctors save life, policemen protect and enforce
law and order, teachers educate the learners, engineers design and produce
products and infrastructure, etc. The list goes on and on. These are vocations
where people are able to see a tangible value and contribution. How about a
financial trader? From my experience and conversations with people, I gather
that there are always three main negative perceptions by the public that
describes financial traders.
1. Greed
(it is all about money only)
2.
Non-Productive (they do not produce any thing or provide any services that
directly add values to people's life)
3. Laziness (people who does not work hard to earn money)
Although
most of us in this trade do not agree with these perceptions, but they are real
perceptions in the eye of the majority including Christians too. However, being
a child of God, I am not too concerned about how the world thinks, but how God thinks.
Then I ponder on the following questions...
1. Is
there God in financial trading?
2. Does
God have a purpose for Christian financial traders?
3. If
yes, what are they and how does God want us to join Him in His work in the
financial trading marketplace?
For those who do not believe in God, do you think if there is any good in financial trading other then making a quick buck by taking advantage of price fluctuation? Is wealth the only objective in financial trading? For believer of Christ who trades for their living, have you thought of why God have placed you in the trading marketplace? How can you be "Salt & Light" and be part of the work for the great commission?
I do not consider myself a successful trader, or someone with vast experience in the Wall Street, nor am I a theologian. But I hope to use this platform for sharing and most importantly able network Christians in the financial trading community to fulfill their divine purpose as a financial trader to glorify God and to extend His Kingdom in the trading marketplace. Hopefully, this platform is also able to reach out to pre-believers who have yet to experience the real love of our creator.
There is also no intention to make this blog a venue for debate between my belief in Christ and the belief of a non-believers. So, one the key guiding principle of GiFT blog is to have full respect for each other's differences in believe and experiences. Likewise, though my walk with God may be different from other brothers and sisters of Christ, the ultimate and only motive must be to glorify our heavenly Father.
So let's us journey together to understand and discuss the work of God in the financial trading marketplace.
Matthew 13:31-32...Jesus told them another parable:"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches:
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