Pondering Point

This verse often gets quoted on Dave Ramsey’s show, a talk radio program with a mix of financial and biblical principles. It is interesting to note that your debt of love for another person is never actually "paid up" -- it serves as a standing debt for anyone who follows Jesus.

How does thinking about loving others as a debt alter your perspective on loving your neighbor as yourself? Who could you “pay” today that otherwise might have gone unnoticed without this devotion?

Pay up – to the glory of God!

Ponder these four questions with God now (and eventually a group of others):

1. Who paid a debt of love to me this past week? Thank God.
   
2. Who failed to pay a debt of love? Forgive and pray for them.
   
3. For whom did I fail to pay a debt of love? Seek forgiveness.
   
4. For whom did I successfully pay a debt of love? Praise God!