Life and living in itself, is a form of business transaction, the bible confirms this by saying "Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap"-Gal 6:7b; sowing here is not necessarily referring to planting a crop seed, but our daily life engagements. The yorubas will say "Aiye loja, Orun ni Ile", i.e this world is a market place where we have come to do business transactions, while heaven is our home and place of rest.
Everything we engage our mouth, actions, in-actions, our mind on, are the business transactions and dealings we carry out on daily basis. For example, in Mathew 10:41, Jesus says "He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.". Welcoming and honouring a prophet by virtue of his office as a prophet of God, comes with a reward, and that is a form of transaction. Also, in John 1:45-51, Nathaniel made a business transaction, "Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto the, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shall see greater things than these.". Nathaniel gained a reward to himself there, all he needed to do was to believe in Jesus and then rewards of greater things followed. David was to entertain a wayfaring man one day, he took the only lamb of a poor man and dressed it for his guest-1Samuel 12:4, what a bad transaction, he gain a painful reward in the end. The rewards of some of these transactions cut across generations, some to the forth or tenth generations, some more.
Clearly seen now, not all life business transactions come with a positive reward. Some life business transactions will never yield a good return, no matter the concerted effort put into it, some cannot even be reversed when you have come to realised it was a bad market move. In John 6:63, Jesus says "It is the Spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that i speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." meaning transactions of life done in the flesh will never yield any positive reward. Any seemingly positive reward it brings, comes with a lot of troubles and sorrow; consequences for children and future generations in some cases, and in the end, the loss of one's soul eternally. Those things done in anger, malice, deceit, bribe, lust, worldliness, hatred, envy, revenge and the likes, will surely yield regrettable results and rewards. But, a man that trades in the spirit, following the word of Christ on daily basis, in his or her actions, in-actions, word spoken and engagements of the mind, will reap a good and positive reward that will preserve his or her soul forever. On daily basis, we all are doing business transactions with our lives, transactions more binding than the one we do for monetary gains here on earth. watch over your life from now on. JESUS IS LORD.