One Night w/ Jakes cont'd

It goes without saying that America is in one of the biggest financial crunches of the nation's history. And I know that your personal life has been affected in one way or another by our weakened economy. Its common knowledge now that the root cause of this financial crises is the overwhelming amount of bad loans that were sold to irresponsible people (this sweeping statement excludes those who were responsible but just fell on hard times, lol). These unpaid loans that multiplied with exploitive interest rates have left huge companies without revenue and in over their heads. Thus, companies who had too much stake in the sub-prime market began to sink and go under. All of the above can be summed up in one word – DEBT! Read the verses below in light of our nation's problem and tell me if it makes sense, lol.

2Kings 41 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves." … 3Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.

If the woman just told Elisha she was in so much debt that even though she'd sold everything in her house to pay it down the creditor was still coming to take her sons as collateral; why would Elisha tell her to go borrow more? (Da nanana Da nana Da nanana dananananana …. This is the `Jeopardy Show' music, lol) "Alex, what is `I don't know?"

TD Jakes explained this point perfectly in this story:"I own a record label and we were trying to get a project off of the ground. Nowadays it takes at least $200k to get a project of this size moving. So I set out to find some investors who would put up the cash we needed. There was one man that I was trying hard to sell on the idea. I assured him that he would make a hefty return on his money and that the investment was worth it. I thought I was really selling him until I noticed the expression on his face. He stopped me in the middle of my sentence and asked, "How much money do you need?" I replied, "Only a few hundred grand." He then apologetically declined my offer and said, "Mr. Jakes my firm's base investment amount begins at $5,000,000. Your need is not big enough for us." The reason Elisha led her to borrow more is because she wasn't in enough trouble yet for God to step in and really show off. God wants to do more for you than just pay your rent every 30 days, He wants to perform miracles in your life.

"TDJakes & RevDH

PS This text is a description not a prescription. Don't amass unnecessary debts