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Introduction
In order to get out of debt, we must
Admit we have a problem
Accept our Truth
Adjust our Habits
and Anticipate Coming Out
This morning as we continue developing an understanding of Biblical Finances I want to take this opportunity to shed some more light on the idea of accepting our truth
I believe a major player, leading role, and main character in our inability to be freed from our financial bondage (debt) is our failure to Act Our Wage
Now what do you mean Pastor Davis by Acting your wage?
How many of us have heard our parents or somebody say to us?
act your age and not your shoe size
Typically it was said when an individual was acting contrary to how a person their age is supposed to act
Along those same lines,
According to the Urban Dictionary, Act Your Wage is:
A phrase to address those who spend far more money than they really can afford, attempting to seem rich or wealthy.
A phrase to address those who spend far more money than they really can afford, attempting to seem rich or wealthy.
or better yet, the act of failing to live within ones means
A situation that most Americans find themselves in.
it is believed that if you have debt outside of a mortgage and student loans.....you are not acting your wage
And again I believe the reason for this type of behavior is our ongoing struggle with accepting our truth
we struggle with giving up on trying to keep up
It seems as if by nature we have been conditioned to:
Disguise our Reality
by
Don’t let no one know the your truth
Fake it, til you make it
Displaying our fantasy
Many of us have been told, don’t let no one know your truth
Fake it, til you make it
rying to prove ourselves to others, instead of ourselves
Therefore, we exhaust all of our resources trying to prove ourselves to others, instead of ourselves
We try hard to replicate an idea of what we perceive others think we should be
And in the process, we lost a sense of our true selves
Therefore, we go about life living as imitators instead of originators
Illustration:
Its as if we are unpaid actors on the hit broadway show stage called Imposters
We are like what King Solomon declared in
says
This has caused many of us to be like that horse that fell in the hole and couldn’t get out
Illustration: Horse Grave
Because of this many of us are like that horse that fell in the hole and couldn’t get out
Because of this his owner decided to just through dirt on him to bury him
but unlike his master my goal today is to throw some dirt on you with some fertilizer in it to get you out
I’m throwing fertilizing dirt on you to get you out
but you have to want to get out
and do like the horse did
collect that dirt under you feet and stand on it (build a new foundation)
We must learn this truth that our living ought to match our earning
because an unbalanced life is a life destined for failure
How do we act our wage?
Acting our wage requires three things that are found in :
Turn with me to
AN ACT OF VISION
or as the NIV version puts it
But blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.
AN ACT OF VISION
AN ACT OF VISION
AN ACT OF RESTRAINT
AN ACT OF DILIGENCE
Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint;
Vision
Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; b
Restraint
but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.Vision
Vision
Our failure to Act our Wage has a lot to do with our lack of vision
we are perishing because we have no vision
living paycheck to paycheck because we have no vision
robbing Peter to pay Paul because we have no vision
running up credit cards because we have no vision
•And as King Solomon tells us the lack thereof comes with consequences
You see, When you understand Vision you understand that:
Vision is for an appointed time
Vision is for an appointed time
•Vision is for an appointed time
It is a pictorial picture of a preferred future
With that being said, when you have Vision,
your focus in the now is only preparation for the future
In other words, my actions now has nothing to do with my now, but my future
Vision causes you to make sacrifices today, so you can be satisfied tomorrow
Vision is a necessity that contains both permissive and preventative elements
Permissive- allows for alignment
Bridging my present with my future
Buying $100 sneakers for a preschooler isn’t bridging my present with my future
But putting that $100 in a savings account is
Preventative- alleviates chaos
You see, when you have vision you put the necessary perimeters in place to prevent you from failing
Illustration- Preventative Maintenance is maintenance that is regularly performed on a piece of equipment to lessen the likelihood of it failing
The car manufacturer put certain perimeters in place like a certain amount of miles before
Oil change
Oil change
Filter
Tire Rotation
•Gives permission to use the vehicle for another identified number of miles
Jut to give permission to use the vehicle for another identified number of miles
What perimeters?
Disgrading credit cards
Budget
Self-control or as our text tells us
Self-control
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