Acting Your Wage
Read Romans 13:8-14, Psalm 119:1-16
"The poor are always ruled over by the rich, so don't borrow and put yourself under their power." Proverbs 22:7 MSG
I once heard this phrase in a sermon on stewardship, and it sums up one of the biggest problems in the lives of many believers and non believers.
There is nothing easy about easy credit. Money and credit are much easier to
acquire than to pay back. Millions of people are paying more in monthly credit card interest than they are sharing with the Lord.
Renting money is a slippery slope leading to financial bondage to a land lord
who exacts his pound of flesh 365 days of every year with penalties and interest
that bind you deeper and deeper into debt.
Until we start "acting our wage" and prove ourselves good managers of what we have, we can never expect to be trusted with more.
When we start recognizing the difference between needs and wants, we will start living within our means and have our needs supplied as we adjust our "wanters" and curb our insatiable appetites for the things that offer no lasting enjoyment or value to our lives.
Being a disciple means being disciplined with the fruit of self control that the Holy Spirit produces in the heart of every believer.
When we refuse to submit to godly self control and persist in living in flesh control and all of it's sinful self centered manifestations we will never know the joy of living within our means instead of the stress of trying to live beyond our means.
God's promise to supply all our needs does not include the promise to supply all our wants, or to spare us the consequences of ill advised borrowing.
Father, give me the discipline to avoid the bondage of the burden of debt. In Jesus' name, Amen
"I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart
so I won't sin myself bankrupt."
Psalm 119:11 MSG
"Pay all your debts, except the debt of love for others. You can never finish paying that! If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill all the requirements of God's law
Romans 13:8 NLT
