Money & Finances
Someone told me that buying life insurance shows I do not trust God to provide. Is preparing for the worst a failure of faith?
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
Proverbs treats foresight as a basic skill, learnable and expected of an adult. The prudent man sees trouble coming and takes cover; the simple walk straight on and pay for it. There is no suggestion anywhere that God rescues those who decline to look ahead. In Israel's wisdom writing, refusing to prepare was not humility before providence. It was simply naivety, and it had consequences.
“They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.”
Jesus tells this parable about ten women waiting for a wedding procession that is badly delayed. All ten carry lamps and all ten fall asleep, so the difference between them is not vigilance or virtue. Five brought extra oil for a delay they could not predict, and five did not. Jesus builds an entire lesson about readiness on the ordinary act of packing for a contingency.
A path forward
Get quotes for the cover that actually matters for your household, usually life insurance and income protection if other people depend on you. Providing for your family after you are gone is a form of love.
Write or update a will this month. It is uncomfortable for one afternoon and it spares the people you love a great deal later.
When the paperwork is done, pray over it and hand the outcome back to God. Planning and trust are not rivals; the danger is only in believing the policy is the thing keeping you safe.
Closing verse
“Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”
- Psalm 127:1
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