Part 5: Financially - WHAT?
I asked myself, “How did I get here again with my money acting all funny?” You know exactly what I’m talking about. Not enough money to cover all the “little things” that keep popping up out of nowhere. Having purposefully decided to not make any new debt as I process through eliminating the debt I currently have, I then realized that it was time for me to talk about the financial aspect of this Ride of my Life.
Debt devastates your finances and your relationship to money. I saw this plain as day -after I’d gone through yet another testing time where I had to choose between applying for credit or “tightening my belt” until my next paycheck. In the midst of that situation, I saw how debt gets its foothold in our lives. If I’d given in and decided to use debt as a way out of the situation, even before I’d earned $1 at work, it would have already been owed out. I would have been working for XYZ company to pay them instead of applying the money to my household needs. Maybe that’s why some people don’t like their jobs. Their working and working and working but the majority of the money never comes home, therefore, their relationship with money is rocky at best.
So when God gave me the directive to GIVE, even though I felt I wasn’t in a position to give, I did. Nevertheless, that situation and others since have all worked out for my good and in my favor. I not only have money to give when it’s time to give, I Enjoy giving. I Enjoy seeing how being obedient to God has not only helped me, it’s allowed me to do what I’ve always desired deep in my heart: to be a blessing to others.
During this time, God also allowed me to see that I had more faith in the debt being able to keep me from prospering than in Him actually prospering me. When situations occurred, my first thought would be “how much debt am I still in and how much more will this cost me?” When in fact, my first thought should have been on how God was going to direct me through whatever had come up to challenge my faith in Him. So as I continue on The Ride of My Life, I want to Encourage you to apply God’s Word and Believe Him in every area of your life: Spirit, Soul, Body, Socially and Financially. He has a wonderful plan for your life and wants you to Enjoy the Journey!
