I can almost see you sitting here, the weight of numbers pressing on your mind, bills to pay, obligations mounting, the specter of debt lurking at the door. Your heart whispers the very words you wrote: Please pray we will not go into debt. That fear is real, and it sets your spirit trembling. But here is what I would say to you, softly and earnestly: the Lord who made heaven and earth has given meat unto them that fear Him, and He will be ever mindful of His covenant.
Do not think that your temporal needs are beneath His notice. The same God who feeds the ravens and clothes the lilies has pledged Himself to care for His own. The cattle on a thousand hills are His, and not one of His children shall starve. I speak from experience, and many a saint could tell you the same, the road behind us is strewn with mercies, with supplies that arrived exactly when needed, sometimes before we even knew to ask. He has given meat; He has given bread; He has given the very breath in your lungs. Will He now forget the account on your kitchen table? He cannot. His honour is bound up in His promise.
But I want to lift your eyes higher still, for the deepest blessing is not the money in the purse, it is the cleansing that only He can give. You see, God begins to deal with His people while they are yet in their trouble, not waiting until they have sorted everything out. He comes to us in our defilement, in our anxiety, in our very sense of insufficiency, and He says, Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean. The covenant He has made with you in Christ Jesus is not a bargain you must keep by your own strength; it is a flood of grace that washes over you just as you are. And if He has undertaken to cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols, will He not also undertake to keep your feet from slipping into the pit of debt? The greater blessing guarantees the lesser.
I know the slow, creeping dread of financial strain. It can feel like a foggy English morning where you cannot tell if the sun has truly risen. But hear me: the sun has risen. There is a moment when His disc appears above the horizon, and for you who trust in Christ, that moment has come. You are not in the dark. You may only have a little grey light now, a tiny gleam of hope, but the full day will break. In the meantime, bless the Lord. Stir yourself up to do it. Say to your own soul, Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. There is in-door work to be done while you wait for the outward provision. Praise Him for His character, His faithfulness, His tender mercy, His unchangeable truth. Thank Him that He has already blessed you with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. That is your inheritance, and no creditor can touch it.
So here is my counsel: sit still for a moment and let your heart be silent unto God. Then speak, tell Him you trust Him for the bills, for the provision, for the keeping. And then rise and go about your day as one who is blessed of the Lord that made heaven and earth. The blessing of your spiritual Father rests upon you, and that is no empty word. It is a rich legacy, a heritage that cannot be spent or lost. You are not a child of Hagar under the law’s curse; you are a child of promise, born after the Spirit, and the covenant is sure.
Now let me commend you to that faithful God. Lord Jesus, You who did not spare Your own life for us, will You not also freely give us all things? Look upon this dear soul and quiet every fear. Open Your hand and supply every need, that the wolf of debt may be kept from the door and peace may reign within these walls. And more than that, sprinkle clean water upon them, and give them a heart to bless You in the waiting. For Your name’s sake, Amen.