Devotions

NEVER COMPLETELY OUT OF DEBT

Christmas can be hard on people’s budgets. Trying to buy the right gift or spending more than we have is common. Here’s a top five list that shows you may be broke.

#5 – American Express calls and says – “Leave home without it.”
#4 – Your bologna has no first name
#3 – You rob Peter – then you rob Paul
#2 – You give blood everyday just for the Orange Juice
#1 – You take the kids to KFC and have them lick other people’s fingers

Credit card companies send out more than 1 billion new credit card offers every year. Getting yourself to the place where you owe somebody something is not that difficult to do. Nearly 1.3 million American’s file for bankruptcy every year. Four out of five of us owe more than we own. Dave Ramsey says too many people buy things on the lay awake plan. That’s because all that we owe keeps us awake at night. Once husband who was an avid golfer talked in his sleep and his wife who loved auctions talked in her sleep. One night in a deep sleep he shouts Fore – and without missing a beat from her sleep she shouts 4:50 – you’re familiar with Philippians 4:19

4:19 – My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus !

I hope you realize that we owe God more than we can ever pay. I often think about this – what if God charged us for all of the blessings that we have been given? Start putting price tags on family, friends, a Church family, a job, something to drive, something to eat, somewhere to lay our heads at night. The itemized list is even bigger than that. How about the air we breathe? Tell me what is the cost for forgiveness, or a home in heaven? Truth is we owe more than we can ever pay. What do you need? (Salvation – forgiveness from God) What do you have? (Nothing – we have nothing that earns salvation)There are debts we have to take care of. We owe somebody, and somebody has to be paid. But when it comes to the forgiveness of God, the old song works.

I owe a debt I could not pay – He paid a debt He did not owe.