Recently I have been listening to some Webinars about retirement, which are sponsored by my financial advisor’s company. One of the most interesting to me was managing risk relative to your financial plan for retirement. I thought I would share some thoughts from this webinar with you, which you might find helpful. As a believer, this subject of planning, especially financial planning, immediately returns us to the issue of the Sovereignty of God vs. man’s responsibility. Do I really need to plan? Why not just pray and trust God. “Let go and let God?” God is Sovereign, and He establishes all of my steps. A brief visit to Proverbs convinces me that God expects us to plan and endorses prayerfully considered plans. Prov 16:9 – “The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.” (see also Prov 16:3, 20:18, 21:5). I do not believe that a philosophy of “let go and let God” honors Him. So let us plan for retirement, and may our plans be bathed in prayer and made after seek...
This blog represents the collective wisdom and insights from the regular meetings of a group of guys approaching or recently retired. We discuss topics from the practical financial and investment decisions to the spiritual and aspirational aspects of retirement. The content of the blog is written by a number of individuals and each post reflects their personal perspectives and views.