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Men of Integrity, July/Aug 2000
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Friday, August 11
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I Had a Choice to Make
Key Bible Verse: Do
not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; if you
lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you (Proverbs
22:26-27). Bonus Reading: James 1:22-25
One
morning, during my personal devotions, I discovered today's Key Bible Verse. This
wasn't the truth I'd been looking for. To follow that principle would stop my
plans dead in their tracks. I was building a real estate business. Everyone knows
you can't do that without mortgage debt. Much of it required personal liability—pledging
all my assets to repay the debt, not just the asset against which the money was
borrowed.
I tried everything to dilute
the meaning of that verse. Well, it's not a command, only a principle. …
It doesn't say I will have my bed snatched; it only says if I can't pay. I will
be able to pay. … This applies to a different time and place. Our laws don't
permit losing everything—"my very bed"—the risks are different today.
Oh, how I wished I'd never
seen that verse. It tortured my mind. God had spoken to me, but the best deals
all seemed to require personal liability. I had a clear choice to make: my plans
or the Word of God. Build the business based on debt which required personal
guarantees; or change my plans, go slowly, and refuse to strike my hand in pledge.
—Patrick M. Morley in Walking with
Christ in the Details of Life
Personal Challenge:
- What would you do in this situation?
Thought to Apply: The
receiving of the Word consists of two parts: attention of mind and intention
of will.
Credits: Adapted from— Friday: Walking
with Christ in the Details of Life (Zondervan, 1990)
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July/August 2000, August 11, 2000
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