Americans
are addicted to debt and medicines,1
Debt
to quickly get what is not yet within our reach;
Medicines
to erase ‘bruises from our in-disciplines’.
Is
this tied to our disdain for what the Scriptures teach?
Are
debt and pharmaceuticals now our biggest substitutes,
For
the force by which God has said we all should live?
‘By faith shall you live!’,
the command and promise He institutes.
Command
to obey; promises of blessings He will give.
Whenever
a person and people reject what He’s said,
We
must then scrounge around to find
some God-substitutes.
Survey
our live styles, and to them you will be quickly led.
In
sum, this is what 'life American' constitutes.
In
debt to get stuff we can’t afford and really
don’t need,
Then
busting our tails, our health and peace
trying to pay off,
What
we would not wait to get by faith,
all to feed our greed.
Much
of this to project a fake image that …‘I’m
well-off’.
Having
cast off slavery, in other kinds
we’re now drowning!
‘Borrowers are slaves to lenders’, a wise man once said. 2
C’mon,
we can do so much better. A New Year is dawning!
The
Bible, God’s ‘how to’ guide, shows us
the way ahead.
Learning
how to live and walk by FAITH,
and in Him to trust,
Imagine
what we will save from expenses we now pay!
To
escape the grasp of our addictions, this is a MUST!
C’mon, America!
Let’s
join together and commit to God’s much better way!
Ponder
this:
Getting
what you want and need, but not by faith,
Whether
by hook, crook, schemes and overwork,
yeah, you can get them.
Would
you rather them, over what God to you gave,
Results
of developing your faith, patience and trust in Him?
Which would
enhance the quality of your life
…sustainably?
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1
Pharmaceuticals, writ large
2
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the
lender. (Proverbs 22:7)
