September 16
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Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. -Proverbs 22:7(NLT)
SLAVERY OF BORROWING
A poem and essay by ILMA
Have you borrowed anything or money from someone?
You will eventually be slaves of lenders and you can’t run
Just as the rich controls and rule the poor
The borrower is unwise and considered a fool.
If you think that borrowing is a good thing
You will end up stressed and always thinking
You will be bound by the money you owed
It will deplete you of whatever you have sown.
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In ancient times, the rich rule the poor. Nowadays, we don’t have outright slavery anymore, yet we can still be slaves to so many things. One rampant form of modern day slavery is the bondage of borrowing or the stress of having debts. With the rise of credit cards and the growth of the information age, we are deceived by the enemy that we possess money when we have the plastic cards. All it does is to keep us imprisoned in more debts, until we can’t afford to pay them off and lose and compromise our relationships and peace.
The bible says that just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. The enemy entices us to be enslaved to borrow so we can acquire wants and be enslaved to crave for more.
PRAYER
Lord, keep me in truth so that I will not be living in this world’s standards.
REFLECTION
Cite an instance how borrowing can be a slavery?
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