The Ultimate Debt Eraser

One of my goals for the next 10 months until I leave for India is to pay off all of my personal debt.  It is a Biblical goal, one that God desires each of us to experience, in our finances as well as our spiritual lives.  I want to be available to the kingdom of God without being tied down by finances.  I want my finances to be spent on reaching the lost souls of the world, not on material things. 

I bought an inexpensive used car yesterday.  I didn't mind riding the bus but now that my trip to India has been postponed until Fall 2012, I need a car to get around.  I bought this 1996 Lexus ES300 from a sweet lady who has truly babied this car.  I love it.  It's the perfect car for me right now.  (Well, the CD player's location in the trunk does takes some getting used to.) 

Next week, I will start working a part-time job in addition to my full-time job.  When my apartment lease is up, I plan to move in with a friend which will save even more money.  As I put forth the effort to reach the goal of being debt-free, God will help me.  How do I know?  He's done it before.  In 2006, I had numerous, very high medical expenses.  It would have taken me a lifetime to pay them all off.  One day, as I called about some hospital bills, the lady in the accounting department told me, "Don't send us any more payments.  We will write off all of your bills.  As of today, you do not owe us any more money."  After the initial shock wore off, I realized what God had just done.  He had just totally erased five medical bills totaling over $23,000!!

God erases debt in more ways than one.  He erased the debt of humanity's sin at Calvary.  We could never pay the debt of sin we owed, not even after an entire lifetime.  I am so glad God erased my debt of sin as well as my debt of medical expenses.  He is the Ultimate Debt Eraser!