Always Learning Yet Never Coming to The Full Knowledge of Truth

We are all instructed to build our character in a specific, purposeful order: begin with faith, then add virtue; to virtue, add knowledge; to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, a devotion to God; and only then, a genuine concern and love for others. Why this deliberate sequence? And why not lead with love and concern for others from the outset? The answer becomes clear when you look at the world around you today.

All across society—especially among younger generations—there are countless individuals loudly proclaiming their concern for others and professing a deep love for humanity. Yet, many of these same people demonstrate little knowledge, a lack of self-control, and behavior that is neither virtuous nor respectful, either personally or toward those they claim to care about. As for their devotion to God, I don’t pretend to know their hearts, but their actions often suggest a disconnect from the foundational principles that foster true, productive love.

Perhaps this confusion stems from a loss of faith—or perhaps they never had any faith to begin with. Either way, their approach highlights exactly why love and concern must come after developing a moral framework and personal discipline. Without that foundation, what masquerades as love often becomes manipulation, coercion, or an attempt to force others into compliance under the guise of compassion.

This principle applies not only in personal or societal development, but in the financial world as well. If we want to build systems that truly serve others—whether through business, politics, or finance—we must begin by getting our own house in order. Only then can our concern for others result in real benefit, not harm disguised as help.

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Haughty, over-confident financial planners, advisors and professionals tend to drown out rational thinking with their speculations. They dictate instead of advise, and they administrate using fear tactics to boost compliance to their half-baked philosophy concerning money and its management. Some accomplish this better than others due to their charisma, charm, and/or the fact that the media fully supports their mode of operando.  Perhaps those who cower to such propaganda deserve what they get, but we have high hopes that people will discover the truth because the truth is what will set them free.

When starting a foundation of faith, AKA a belief that there is a right and wrong, a good and a bad, a correct and a corrupt alternative, is essential if you are going to create a solid basis on which to build.  Of course, building with the right, good and correct methods is the virtuous thing to do, which will allow any knowledge learned or gained to be properly sifted so that only accurate, beneficial and helpful knowledge is retained and the average stuff is thrown away and discarded.  Remember that Adam and Eve both bit into some very fascinating knowledge, but it didn’t help their circumstances nor did it benefit their family either.  Knowing this, we need to exercise self-control so that we can persevere and succeed.  Then, through our devotion to God, our purpose will remain pure and noble, permitting us to share and express real genuine concern for others in love without overwhelming them or suffocating their personal liberty or freedom.

This is our approach as we assist others in becoming better money managers.  We don’t want to overwhelm, drown out, or dominate you, your ideas, your passions or your abilities.  We do want to encourage you to discover that you can keep more of the money you are making, and will make in the future, because we know that this will permit you to fulfill more of the desires God has placed in your heart to accomplish.

Ours is not a progressive idea or concept.  Rather, we adhere to ancient time proven methods established in truth, inviting others to open them, explore them, embrace them and implement them, and, in so doing, enjoy and delight in the independence, freedom and open mindedness provided to them both for today and the future.

Fear, greed, anxiousness and trepidation are the tools of insatiable progressives, who never let a good tragedy slip by without opportunistically taking another bite out of your liberty and another dollar out of your pocket.  But as history loudly proclaims, it is those who take hold of responsibility who enjoy the greatest freedom and wealth.  A freedom and wealth that progressives can only dream about in their Utopia.

Everyone is encouraged, but relatively few ever accept the responsibility necessary, to journey down this path less traveled.  Stop to consider those around you. What levels of success and wealth are the masses experiencing? This reflection only takes a few moments, because most people are NOT enjoying the success they dream of having. In fact, most have given-up! And that is exactly what progressives want, because once hope is destroyed, progressives can rule as they wish.

That is why we continue to passionately share and teach the things we do about money and money management.  America was built on personal liberty and freedom.  And there is no other place where liberty and freedom express themselves more openly than in money (the ability to exchange value freely) and the management of your money (the liberty to create more and more value through free exchange).   By limiting your ability to keep more of what you make and regulating who is qualified and who is not qualified to be your money manager, progressives have nearly killed the American principle of equality. You have not only the right but the ability to manage your own money, and in doing so you can keep more of what you make.  And if you accept that basic faith-based fact, then you are ready to begin building the wealth that God gave you the desire to build from the beginning.

Tomas P. McFie DC PhD

Tom McFie is the founder of McFie Insurance and co-host of the WealthTalks podcast which helps people keep more of the money they make, so they can have financial peace of mind. He has reviewed 1000s of whole life insurance policies and has practiced the Infinite Banking Concept for nearly 20 years, making him one of the foremost experts on achieving financial peace of mind. His latest book, A Biblical Guide to Personal Finance, can be purchased here.