Have you ever noticed how things are not always as they seem? For example, a pail filled with tiny stones may appear full until someone comes along and pours a gallon of water into it. So it is with our finances. Somehow most people think the next raise or quarterly bonus will lift them out of their debt problem and propel them into living the American Dream. Not so fast! What about your last raise or quarterly bonus? Why arent you living the American Dream now?
Groton, VT (PRWEB) December 18, 2003 -- Gene Jolley, President of Kingdom Financial Principles (KFP) and creator of the Rapid Debt Reducer software, knows that planning is a key component to your financial success. Yet its amazing how many people struggle through life without any strategy for their future security. Perhaps that is why, as Jolley would point out, we can all take a lesson from the ant.
There are some things humans and ants have in common. For example; it has been estimated that the biomass of human to ant for the entire world is about the same. But more importantly, ants like humans, live in communities and operate under systems beneficial to the survival of the whole. Studies of ant behavior shows they are similar to humans in other respects like; ants communicate, fight over territory, train young workers, and even have nursery rooms. While this is all interesting, there is one thing about the ant that many humans struggle with—ants do not live with debt.
It is noteworthy that the Bible has long recognized the wisdom put into the ant. Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise" Proverbs 6:6. It is the same proverbial writer who 24 chapters later referred to the ant as exceeding wise" and then went on to say; the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Do you understand the full import of the proverb? While ants are busy providing for their future, in order to have sustenance for difficult times, humans are busy, living for today and willingly ignorant of impending financial disaster.
One of the greatest ironies of our time is the illusion we can afford to spend today and pay tomorrow. A recent Readers digest article, looking back one year ago, gives consumers a starling statistic revealing on Christmas Eve there were 4,704 Visa purchases per second. On an average day consumers use their Visa cards just over 3000 timers per second and for what? Its the consumer craze to buy, buy, and buy more! But if these spenders think they can afford to max out their plastic with an Ill pay later" attitude they have bought into the illusion and are heading on a collision course with a mountain of debt.
Go to the ant, consider her ways, and be debt free.
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