An animal chained to a stake has a certain amount of freedom.
It can loll in the sun, enjoy a good meal, and even run and play, if it doesn’t try to go past the length of the chain.
The chain sets the limits of what the animal can do.
Borrowing money can become a modern-day chain for us. That car payment, while allowing us to run and play, is scheduled every month, and we can’t get past it. It ties up our money when unexpected expenses come along.
Credit card balances are the same. It’s convenient to whip out our plastic and have what we need, even if our bank account is bare. It’s when the bills begin to mount, and we struggle to pay them, that we find we’ve come to the end of our chain.
Proverbs 22:7 lays out the rules of the game.
“The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.”
A positive balance in our bank account cuts our chain. Our financial decisions can be based on what we want to do, rather than what the finance company forces us to do.
We can get the shoes our children need, pay the electric bill, and add gas to the car this month and next month and the next. When we crawl out from under our mountain of debt, we can still have money to spend on what we need.
True freedom in Christ means we’re financially free, also.
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