Proverbs - Financial Bondage

Chapter 6:1-5

 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,

if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,

thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

 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.

 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,

and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

                    If we have hastily agreed on a financial dealing, if we have entered into some sort of business dealing with a non-believer or committed our resources to that which we do not have the sure leading of God’s Spirit, we must do what we can to get out of it.

                    If you must lose the money, lose it.  If we can pay quickly and be released of such dealings, pay it.

                    We are not to be co-signers for another.  This places our relationships with others under great strain and the love of money can come and birth all sorts of evil.

                    If we find ourselves in great debt - don’t slumber while interest is accumulating.  Wake up!  Make a plan and stick to it!  We will then be as a bird delivered from a trap and fly again freely.