12 Reasons Why We Need Godly Men More Than Ever

by Adam McCune on Oct 14th, 2009 at 1:55 am

#7 - We are Inheriting Financial Chaos

Whatever your political persuasion, the financial state of affairs in America is ugly now and it will be worse in the future if change does not occur. Just think about the following realities:

1. Social Security is racing to insolvency because it will soon have fewer contributors and a greater number of beneficiaries. Just at the time that we are getting to our mid-life crises, we will learn that our 20-30 years’ worth of contributions will not return to us when we retire. The government has no lasting solution, and today’s politicians know that they have the luxury of leaving this world before we grow old and suffer from their lack of decision-making.
2. Medicare is also going broke. We should not underestimate the sheer number of people who lives will be wrecked when this system collapses. We will be old enough to have to fix the problem, but the options will be excruciating.
3. Christian education institutions cannot continue to sustain themselves on the debt of their students. You and I will need a decade to pay off loans (which means that we are incapable of really helping institutions through the establishment of scholarships and donations to their endowments). Instead of 18 years to save for our kids’ college funds, we will still be paying down ours. Our children will have to fund a greater share of their education through more loans, and the pain of our debt may mean that they go to cheaper schools or no school at all. Considering the fact that salaries have not gone up for graduates on average, the risk/reward analysis will no longer favor expensive colleges as much as in the past.
4. The total U. S. national debt is nearing $12 trillion dollars, which averages out to $38,800 each. We may get lucky and die of old age before the toll of this rising debt needs to be paid. The only people who are really hurt will be the children who will curse us for our incompetency.
5. As bankruptcies mount in the homes of Christians who show no statistical proof of being more financially stable then the rest of culture, the churches and ministries that depend on our generosity will suffer and stagnate. Young men and women will not be able to enter the ministry or mission field because their salaries cannot help them pay tens of thousands of dollars of debt.

These are but a few of the major financial challenges that lie in waiting for us to address. I believe that we can still address them, but not without first making some mature, adult, biblically wise decisions in our own lives and then translating them to our spheres of influence in our communities, states, and nation. The Christian man who sets his family on solid financial ground can then help to lead change in society. What a tremendous ministry opportunity! Yet, such change cannot happen automatically. We must think beyond the next hour or so and look down the road for guidance in how we prepare today.