Owe Nothing

Romans 13:8
Owe nothing to anyone-except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God's law. (NLT)

Debt is the one word common to almost everyone in our society. Sit back and think about what your life would be like if you had no bills. The only things that come in the mailbox are cards and letters from family and friends. No credit card bills. No insurance bills. No tax bills. No solicitations.

Can you imagine that? Probably not. We have lived with the buy now pay later mentality all our lives. The idea of saving first and then buying has been long forgotten.

Yet this scripture tells us to owe nothing. We are to be debt free owing nothing except love to one another. Isn't it time to work on getting to that position in life? Isn't it time for us to stop spending more than we are make by not balancing what we are taking in with what we are putting on that credit card?

Would this mean giving up things we like, things we have grown accustomed to having? I am sure it would. We might have to drop the cable connection and even the Internet. Dumb down to a simple cell phone. Remove snack food and for some remove cigarettes and candy and beer and even soda and trips to the coffee shop. We might even have to depend on others for help.

What would happen if we started to live with bare necessities as we paid down those bills? First we would remove the worry about the bills and second we would learn to live with less. Simple steps: give to God, pay debt, and then live on what is left.

With God's help we can do anything. We can even change our lifestyle to obey His word.