The average person does not know what, if anything, that they can do about it, and so they just go about their lives hoping that it will not personally affect them.
What “it” is varies dramatically, but when the foundation of it is reached, two verses will stand as truth there.
“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” (1st Tim. 6:10)
Also, “And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.” (Job 2:4)
Very few people rely upon others for their day-to-day needs, most have some form of income, and that income rarely provides their wants, and so another verse of truth comes into play.
“The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.” (Prov. 22:7)
Keep them in the bondage of debt because of their wants, and most likely you can keep them in bondage for the entirety of their lives. This path is clearly seen by those who have been blessed by the Almighty as the foundation of the one world system that is approaching, and if you have been born-again and are in debt because of your wants, it would be wise of you to prepare to reap what you have sown.
If you are expecting the Lord to put a check in the mail for you after you have disobeyed Him in this regard, think again. What you should have listened to was Psalm 23:1.
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
Along with 1st Timothy 6:8.
“And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.”
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of people I meet who profess to serve the Lord who when I question them on this particular topic of debt they speak of the decades they have left to pay on their house, their vehicle payments, credit card debt and any other innumerable items they simply could not pay for immediately, but just “had to have.” And the worst part is they laugh and smile about it as they speak of their bondage, as if it is a lite thing to not have patience and wait on the Lord.
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:19)
There is nothing wrong with those wants, if you can pay for them in full when you obtain them, but there is something wrong with the one who claims to have trust in the Almighty, who says they serve Him only, being in bondage for those wants to this wicked world.
How do you interpret those words? “I shall not want.”
Does it mean that you will want for nothing because He will supply all your needs? Or does it mean that you should not want, accepting from His hands what He offers, and not going into debt for those items?
Now that you have had a few moments to ponder those questions, envision the Lord Jesus Christ standing beside you and give Him your reasons, see if He will accept them or call them excuses.
I tell no one what to do in this subject matter, you are not accountable to me, I simply offer the relevant Scripture verses in context and leave you to your thoughts. If you owe money on it, it is not yours, you know that, if you, for whatever reason, cannot pay your debt that you promised to pay, whose name will be besmirched, yours or the Lord’s?
“Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.” (2nd Sam. 12:14)
Perhaps you would like to think that your debt is not as bad as adultery and murder, perhaps you believe that you do not need to confess these financial matters of not trusting, not waiting on the Lord with a broken and contrite heart. All you have to do is decide for yourself what that verse means, “I shall not want.”
Maybe you think He will allow you the physical capability to keep working so you can eventually pay all those debts off. So then ask yourself this final question, who are you going to blame if the creditors come knocking on your door?
