A Response to Debt

Proverbs 6:3 (KJV) Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Again, I find that the Septuagint has an interesting spin on the text of the Old Testament.  I really don’t know how accurate it is, but I like the applications that it gives me.

Proverbs 6:3 (BES) My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend's account thou art come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.

If the clear direction of God is not enough to convince you that debt is bad, if your own struggles to pay the interest payments don’t make you regret your decision to buy something you really didn’t need, the 70 give you another reason to get out of debt:  Do it for your friend.

We are told to get serious and to work on getting out of debt.  We are told to make it almost a public issue.  And part of the reason given here is so that we can “stir up our friends” and get them perhaps to follow her example.

So?  People watch us.  We are an example.  Be aware that what you do and why you do it affects other people both positively and negatively.