Greater than the National Debt

The United Sates national debt is so astronomical that it is hard to fathom.  For me to write the number would not serve a purpose because before I could finish it, the figure would be obsolete.  But here it goes anyway.  As of this writing the debt is $14,368,471,397,764.  We have forgotten the words of Thomas Jefferson who said that our greatest fear as a nation should be public debt.  With the amount we owe, we have lost our fear.  Yet there is a debt far greater than this.



The debt that is greater than our national debt is the debt I owe to God.  Jesus taught us to pray forgive us our debt as we forgive our debtors.  Our sin is a debt that we owe to God.  Our sin has made us indebted to a holy God.  It is greater than the national debt because of who we owe. 

The good news is that God has chosen to pay the debt for us.  The price was paid on the cross and the receipt was given at the resurrection.  When we put our faith in Christ, our debt is gone and now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Yet, Jesus told us to pray forgive us our debts.  Why? Although we do not lose our relationship with God, we do fall out of fellowship with Him.   Yet God continually chooses to forgive us.  When we have been forgiven, our outlook changes and we are able to continually forgive others.  The ones who have been forgiven find it easier to forgive.  God has forgiven you more than the national debt.  That fact should transform you.  Think about it!