6-9"This is the kind of fast day I'm after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. What I'm interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families. Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am.'
Isaiah 58:6-9 (the message version)
I really love Isaiah 58. There is so much richness in the chapter, and I could go line per line and get miles out of it all. God is so good! He's into breaking through injustice! He's into getting rid of exploitation in the workplace! He's into freeing the oppressed! And one of the best parts...HE"S IN TO CANCELLING DEBTS!!!!!
So here's my testimony about cancelling debts!
A while back someone borrowed a large sum of money from me. I knew this family really needed the money, and I didn't mind helping out. Well, after some time went by, and the debt had not been repayed, I felt like God was saying "just forgive the debt, and move on..." So, when I knew this was for sure what God was saying, I called the family up and told them!
A few months went by, and now it was coming to the time when I was getting ready for Guatemala. I knew the only bills I would have in Guatemala are my own debts that I have been paying off for years. I have 3 different payments monthly. On the phone with my dad one day I told my him about them. Well, guess what?! My dad decided pay one of these debts completely off !!! My daddy in heaven is using my earthly father to show his word in action!!!! I love it! God is sooooooooo good! HE CANCELS DEBTS!
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