Establishing and retaining a good credit rating is important. It reveals a good sense of responsibility and eliminates a lot of stress. Still, I continue to hear mortgage companies and car dealerships advertising their ability to help anyone make a purchase regardless of their past credit history. For some it may work well, but for others it may simply be the thing that puts them deeper into debt.
There is another area of life where credit rating makes no difference. Someone has said, “Even if your credit rating isn’t very good, you can still borrow trouble.” [source: bulletin clipping] Whether rich, poor, high class, middle class, lower class, etc. — status does not necessarily make one immune to borrowing trouble. The tendency of so many is to often dwell on all the possibilities and visualize the worst. However, how often is that which was feared never experienced? How many times has that which was dreaded never materialized? That is borrowing trouble!
We pay dearly in so many ways for troubles borrowed! We pay in the loss of sleep. We pay in the loss of peace. We even pay the high cost of the toll anxiety takes on our health. We can also pay in the loss of relationships.
Jesus admonished. . .
“(25) Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? (26) Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (27) And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? . . . . (33) But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. (34) “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:25-27 & 33-34 ESV)
As a student, one might be stressed about finals at the end of the school year. Perhaps there is a frazzled feeling over things relating to graduation and then about college plans. Others might be uptight about continuing to provide for a family due to economic concerns. Stresses over the future of a job arise. There may be any number of areas of life one could focus on where there are genuine concerns. But as we navigate life, let us resolve to not borrow trouble! The interest is too high. Let us keep our trust in God. Let us focus on taking care of the needs of today. And, above all, seek first His kingdom, for in so doing we will be prepared for that glorious eternal morrow!
Have a great day CREDITED AS ONE OF FAITH!
Carl
