2 Timothy 2:15 (Amplified Bible)
15Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.
Whats your credit score?
As a loan officer I've seen credit reports from all walks of life. I remember growing up that my mother would say "When you get older, your credit is your life". People and lenders pull your credit report for everything from leasing you an aparment, hiring you, to selling you a car. The higher your score the lower your risk and your interest rates. Lenders caution us to check our reports periodically to make sure no one is using our identity or charging us for something we never authorized. This morning on my drive to work, the Lord asked me if I knew my Spiritual Credit Score?
Man, I didn't know how to answer that. In the natural a late payment can destroy a good score and it could take months to repair it back. The same is true in the spirit. One missed tithe payment could be costly. You open yourself to be a target of the enemy, and it could take months (even years) to repair. Then we have the spiritual identity thefts in the world. They are trying to look like you, talk like you, and enjoy the fruits God has blessed you with, but what they are not willing to do what you did to get you in the place that you are. They want to be seen with you , so people assume they got what God has given you.
If we don't take a periodic check into our spiritual reports, the enemy can slide a whole lot of junk that we never authorized. We can find ourselves slowly not reading the word, skipping church services, and not praying like we should. We have to make sure our giving and living is on track with the Word of God. When God goes into his files to pull us, we should have a score high enough to be instantly approved for a breakthrough, a blessing or a battle. Our score should not need a second review or interference from Jesus on our behalf. We should not be considered a high risk. When God gives us an assignment He should be able to rest assurded that we will do what He asks of us and what we say we are going to do.
Excuses, ignorance and laziness are all factors that will drop our credit scores. Today let's determine in our hearts to be credit worthy in heavens books. In the world when we don't meet our financial obligations, the world takes our material possessions away from us. Don' t make God have to do a spiritual foreclosure on you.
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