Servant to the Lender – Are You Intense About Getting Out of Debt?
Sun, Aug 30, 2009
Life is full of choices in which we are free to make. Sure, there are obstacles, but if we choose to work hard enough at something we can accomplish almost anything. Those were words I heard spoken to me as a child and I still believe them today. If you’re motivated and have enough passion about something obstacles don’t seem to get in the way much. People can be pretty good problem solvers when they have to be and when it counts the most.
The choice to get out of debt
One of the choices we have in life is how we spend and manage money. For example, it’s our choice to go into credit card or auto debt and it’s our choice to get out of debt. For the latter, we have to want it bad enough. We have to be at the turning point in our lives in which we’re tired of serving lenders.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. (Proverbs 22:7)
When I think of servant in this context, I think of being constricted or locked into something in which I have little mobility. I think that is why the Bible also speaks about debt being a form of slavery.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. (1 Corinthians 7:23)
When debt gets heavy enough, most people feel the pressure, stress and strain it causes on their lives. Some run at it with enough passion to run through a brick wall when they want to become debt free. It’s the kind of passion I see from a fellow personal finance blogger at Debt Free Adventure in his article, The Debt Steamroller- I WILL FIGHT to reach my goals!.
Yet, others choose to slip their debt under the covers and try to hide it.
If I don’t think or talk about it, I won’t worry about it.
Unfortunately, we know that’s not the case because debt impacts our lives and our ability to make decisions. And if not “steamrolled” as Debt Free Adventure puts it, it will impact our future generations because their choices will be limited too.
The choice to change
And even as we may have made choices that are not in our best interest and have put us in a relationship of servitude with lenders, we still do have the choice to change. We can change behaviour that got us there to begin with and look towards the freedom that being out of debt brings with it. Without the burden of debt, wealth will be built, God given opportunities will be seized and financial peace and prosperity will become reality.
Are you intense about getting out of debt?
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Great post & reminder to keep up the fight within us and to stay on track towards getting out of debt.
I think slavery to money comes in other forms too, such as coveting, trying to keep up with your neighbors, spending frivolously. We can easily be enslaved in all areas finance. It does take humility, tenacity and resolve to stop the bad habits and rekindle the good ones.
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Jason, I appreciate your comment and thanks for making this point. As you say, there are a lot of different forms of slavery to money and we should keep our focus on Biblical principles of finance to stay away from these traps.
People spend money they don’t have, to buy things they can’t afford, to impress the people they don’t like.
Just wanted to thank you for the link, mention, and kind words.
Passion can lead us through the roadblocks that beset so many…
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Just wanted to thank you for the link, mention, and kind words.
Passion can lead us through the roadblocks that beset so many…