Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
For the LORD your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you. Deuteronomy Chapter 15 verse 6
The Lord will open for you His good treasure house, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. Deuteronomy Chapter 28 verse 12
But you shall remember [with profound respect] the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse
18
You are a lender to the nations. Why should a lender
to the nations borrow especially when God says you will not borrow? Secondly, the Bible says that God will give you
power to get wealth. The Lord Who promises to give you power to get wealth will
always ensure that wealth accrues to you so that you will always have more than
enough to live on. But you must be productively engaged like the wise and
faithful servants who received five and two talents each. They deployed the
talents diligently and multiplied them. Beloved, if you are productively
engaged in financially, mentally and spiritually rewarding activities, God will
honor His word and bless all the work of your hands as stated in Deuteronomy
Chapter 28 verses 12, 8; 30 verse 9, 24 verse 19, 23 verse 20, 16 verse 15, 15
verse 18, 10, 12 verses 7 and 18. Additionally,
God in His infinite mercies and wisdom will give you the wisdom you require to
own unlimited financial resources so that you always operate in and walk in
financial dominion. The Biblical King Solomon is a classic example.
Servants irrespective of who they serve or where they
serve have limited rights. They are always at the beck and call of their
master, forever waiting on their master. Please see Luke Chapter 17 verses 7 to
9, Ephesians Chapter 6 verses 5 to 8. That exactly is what the Scripture in Proverbs
Chapter 22 verse 7 is about. A borrower especially one who is unable to pay
back loans taken is subject to the whims and caprices of the lender or
creditor. Recall the cry of the widow of the indebted son of the prophet! The
creditor was about to take her two sons for debt slavery because her late
husband was unable to repay the loan he took from the creditor. Beloved,
consider this! Two son who would serve for as long as God knows how to repay a
loan their father took. The creditor had no intention of leaving at least one
son with the widow to help out in the family farm. This scenario reminds me of
what some money lending institutions and money lenders do to people who are
unable to repay loans. They sell off their properties at ridiculously low
prices and sometimes the debt is still not fully paid up. Would it not have
been better to trade off those properties on their own for financial resources
rather than take those loans with high interest rates and sometimes extremely
challenging repayment terms?
Beloved, I know that loans are sometimes necessary to
start off a business, grow and expand a business but be careful what loans you
take if you must take a loan. Secondly, make sure you settle it with God before
taking on such loans. But if He says no, then obey Him and do not take the
loan. God is the great Provider and knows best how to meet each and every one
of your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Also in Romans Chapter 13 verse 8, the Bible instructs
believers not to owe anyone anything except love. Why then should you be
indebted to anyone and God forbid you are unable to pay, the person or
institution becomes bitter towards you and wish you evil? I have heard numerous
tales of woe from women who patronize money lending institutions and money
lenders to finance their micro businesses. They have reported that some of the
officers of those institutions actually place curses on them and members of
their families when they are unable to pay back the loans. Additionally, the
Bible says that the wicked borrow and do not pay back. Did those women set out
to borrow and not pay back? Definitely not. But because they lack the capacity
to pay, they are referred to as wicked people. Beloved, a word they say is
enough for the wise.
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