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Do idioms have any connection to idiots? An idiom is defined as the unusual way words are put together in a sentence that differs from a literal meaning.  A good example is “Don’t put all your eggs into one basket”.  Its meaning is not to risk all your investments at the same time.  When it comes to metaphorical egg transportation, it is indeed advisable not to put all your eggs into one basket.  Why?  Maybe you have only a few eggs.  Maybe your basket is unsturdy. A few other idioms might warrant your attention: “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”, “Don’t sweat it”, “Don’t rock the boat”, “Don’t go there and don’t do that”.  Be careful with ‘em eggs though!  Wherever the basket goes the eggs are sure to follow. We need to be cautious that we don’t end up having ‘egg all over our face’ or being ‘a basket case’.   

Any financial advisor will tell you not to keep all your investments in one place. Diversification is a great hedge against trouble – when it comes. Did you register that statement or did if skip across those corneas like a stone across the water? We’re talking about trouble. Obliviously we can’t prepare for everything that skips across our path, but we can prepare for some things. What was it that Job said in the Old Testament? After receiving the news that all his children had died from a terrible storm, that all his livestock had been stolen and after being afflicted with painful sores all over his body, he said to his wife. “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” (Job 2:10)

Everything was going Job’s way until that one very fateful day. He had it all. A large family, great wealth and good health; and in a short time it was all gone. Job did what most of us say we do; he placed God as the Omnipotent ruler over his possessions and health – After the calamity! Trouble comes to everybody, every family, every household. That is a fact! Would we have the courage of our convictions like Job did?

Job didn’t understand why all those troubles came his way so suddenly and so violently. We often don’t and can’t. He wondered, why me, like everyone would, but he never accused God of being capricious and mean-spirited. Job lived in the same sin-infected world that we inhabit. Could all these things happen to you? Maybe you could ask those people who lose their loved ones and homes and savings in a massive flood or fire. War drives people from the relative safety of a complacent life and upends their world. Trouble is waiting to strike anybody at any moment with disastrous effects.

Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) If you can’t diversify all your financial holdings against any calamity, maybe we should consider trusting Jesus because trouble ‘will come’ and He has overcome this rotten world.