Extravagant spending is a sign of getting into debt. There are two things you can be sure of, you are going to die and you are going to pay taxes. Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and give to God what is God’s (Mark 12:17). The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get. If you are unable to tithe or save, it is a sign that you are in debt. Delayed payments or paying the minimum, so the debt is growing because you paid the minimum. The lifestyle that you want is not supported by your salary, so you go into debt. You live on credit instead of paying cash. Six danger signs that you are in debt: 1. It is for us to get our lives in order, and it is the first fruit that we bring to the Lord. That is why I believe with all my heart that God set the tithe. We often have to do certain things to get committed and as we get involved and put our heart into it, it starts to become part of us. Jesus says your heart follows your treasure. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Matt. Anybody can get out of debt but it takes character to get out of debt. It will take perseverance and most of all it will take character. It will take discipline and it will bring delayed gratification. We have to become debt-free, there is nothing worse than wanting to give towards a program but you do not have the finances. More is said in the word of God about finances then any other subject and we do not want to talk about money in the Church. God’s word pinpoints the very essence and in the battles we find it gives the answers. When we live under the Lord’s banner, we live under the Lord’s provision we live under the Lord’s system. He is Jehovah Jireh the Lord that sees ahead and provides. The Canaan spirit is opposed to the way the Lord operates. When you slay the Goliath in your life your Oikos group is going to win. How do you change a country? By changing the family! It starts with you and remember the principle, when David slew Goliath everybody benefited. This is the spirit that is ruling and reigning but it does not have to rule and reign in our hearts. Sometimes it brings finances, and financial euphoria, but it is for a moment. The Canaan spirit is designed to bring greed and poverty. Together when you put these two pictures together you get greed and poverty. The Hebrew word for Canaan means ‘merchant’, ‘trader’, ‘trafficker’ and also ‘to be humbled and brought low’, ‘under subjection’. Remember the seven nations represent seven systems that rule the world and if ever we have seen in our country the Canaan spirit ruling and reigning it is now. Why is the Promised Land not the land of the Hittites or the Girgashites but is often referred to as the land of Canaan. The Promised Land is the land where milk and honey flow and where the pomegranates grow (Num. Why? The Promised Land was operated by a system that is not according to God’s governance and he did not want the children of Israel to follow this form of governance. When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to possess and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you, Who will cast them out? The Lord! The principle is that the victory is ours but the battle is the Lord’s when you apply what he is done (Deut. It is God’s plan and purpose for you and I to only have one debt and that is the debt of love. A budget is not something you put in your top drawer and forget about it. You have to work hard, and work is a blessing. I just want to recap the four principles I shared last time. Sun 15 September 2019 – Johan Esterhuizenĭeut.
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