Debt-Free Living

 
Read: Romans 4:1-8
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. —Romans 6:23

Imagine a debt-free life—an existence without the irritation of those nagging payments hanging over your head every month.

It’s a prospect that has led financial counselors to create various get-out-of-debt plans that offer relief from financial worry. These are some of the suggestions they make:

• Stop all buying on credit.

• Cut down on your grocery bill.

• Do things yourself instead of paying to have them done.

• Quit being an impulse buyer.

Although I can’t say I’m debt-free (I’m paying off my house and have other bills due each month), I can testify that in a different and much more important sense, I have no debts. When it comes to the burdensome worry of how to get out from under the weight of my sin, I don’t have a care in the world.

At one time, I was under the sentence of death because of my sin, but when I put my faith in Jesus Christ my debt was paid off (Rom. 4:7). The penalty of those sins was eliminated, and I am debt-free. It’s a great feeling!

Have you let God credit your account with Christ’s righteousness where sin’s penalty used to be? Accept Jesus’ payment for your sins and get out of debt!

The moment that we trust in Christ

 We are forgiv’n and cleansed within,

 For all-sufficient is His blood

 To pay the debt of every sin. —DJD

Christ paid a debt He didn’t owe to satisfy a debt we couldn’t pay.

 

Verse of the Day

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.

Isaiah 25:1

New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...

God's actions are not reactions to current situations, but part of his long-term plan to bring redemption. Yes, he has done marvelous things: he took the evil intent of a mob who cried "Crucify him" and turned it into an opportunity to fulfill the prophesies and redeem us. He is perfect in faithfulness and has done marvelous things.

MY PRAYER...

Holy God, you surprise me with new wonders and new things daily. Yet deep in my heart I know they are not new to you. Thank you for not making life boring or predictable so I might thirst after you, you who are forever fresh, new, exciting, and marvelous. Through my Savior I pray. Amen.