God was preparing His people for a standard and quality of life that they were somewhat unfamiliar with....and that's being debt free. That was being the lender not the borrower...so He began this chapter with telling them after 7 years any neighbor, brother, or kin that they had loaned money to that they were to release them from that debt. Never to bring it up again but the debt was to be written off. The only exception to this rule was that if they person they had loaned money to was a foreigner...they weren't part of the family of faith so they weren't under the law as the Israelites were. Now many if not all of us have been in the position of our backs being against the wall....due to bad decisions that led us into debt. But the question is what are you going to do about it? It's amazing after any preached message or counsel from _______________________ (you fill in the blank) that we are all left with a decision to make. Understanding that you can't make the same mistake twice, because the first time you make the decision that it yields a mistake, the next time if you choose the same path again...it's now a choice because you knew from the last time it yielded an short sided pay-off. So here we are left with God's standard....that amongst HIS PEOPLE there would be NO POOR among them because He's a provider of blessings on top of blessings if we are careful (meaning diligent...obedient) to follow His word.
So is your back to you past...or is it against the wall because you are faced with _______________________ (fill in the blank your sin, your debt, your bad decisions, your......) the simple solution is simply to turn around....and take the hand of JESUS CHRIST so He can walk you out and through the mess called your life.....so that you can begin to experience the abundant life He promises to those that obey His word. Your choice........LGLP
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