Let’s look for a moment at the world of finance, the biggest
problem area on earth. Sickness is not our main concern. There
are many healthy people who are head over heels in debt, and
God’s people have no business being in debt! Here again, we find
that the world has a system of finance which is complex and
very poor in operation. It continually rocks back and forth
between the two extremes of depression and inflation.

However, when you are functioning in God’s system of
finance, life can be very simple. Don’t borrow from anyone—
get it from God. The problem with borrowing is that it is controlled
by the world’s system. In order to borrow, you must subordinate
yourself to another person. Proverbs 22:7 says the borrower
is the servant to the lender. By borrowing, you subordinate
your name to another person. This is very important because of
the spiritual significance of your name. Your name is the same
as your nature. If your name is good, then you are good—your
reputation is good. You can do whatever your name can do.
However, when you borrow and go into debt to someone else,
you bow your knee to that person and look to him as your
source of supply. This creates a spiritual problem that can be
very serious, particularly if the other person is ungodly.

Look to God, He will give to you, not loan to you! Believers
need to learn how to operate in God’s system. It isn’t easy to
learn; but as you search the Word, you will have the desire to
know God’s system. When you begin to operate by it and live
by faith in every area of your life, God will step in and make up
what you don’t know. He will put you over! The deeper you get
into the Word and the more you learn, the more you will
expand; the more you expand, the more Satan will fight; the
more he fights, the bigger the victory; the bigger your victory,
the more glory to God; the more glory to God, the more you
will expand! It is constant growth!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries