Walking in to work one morning, I saw an airplane that had recently taken off and was steadily ascending in the sky. I watched it climbing higher and higher until it passed over my building and then I went inside. I had this sense of wonderment come over me as if I should receive something from what I’d just witnessed. I did! I got a Word and soon sent the following text to my friends:
Follow me if you're in the spirit... it's time to TAKEOFF!
The day has come when your paycheck will only be used for Sowing Saving and Spending-no debts allowed!!!
I could clearly see what my next step was to be in my Journey to debt freedom. To climb higher than the situations, test, trials and temptations that were coming my way. To rise to a new level in my thinking if I truly wanted to become and stay debt free for life. I soon sent this second text of the day to my friends:
I've stopped worrying about money; e.g. bills being paid, toilets running over, refrigerator repairs and the like. Why? Because multimillionaires don't worry about money. I can't wait until I get there to stop worrying. I have to learn how to not worry about money before I become a multimillionaire. How do I do that? Make a budget and stick to it. When situations arise before I can implement the budget (believe me, they will), I refuse to worry about it. I pray then adjust the budget accordingly - trusting God to provide the difference.
This revelation grounded me so much so that I now know challenges will no longer be a source of dread in my life. But a stepping stone for me to become more creative (as I reroute and readjust), confident (as I lean more to becoming a problem solver) and cool (as I realize that with God on my side I am truly unstoppable). I don’t have personal experience of making a plane stay in the air, but it does. And since witnessing one Takeoff and stay in the air, I’m even more determined to just take God at His Word that if I plan my way, He’ll direct my steps.
