Contentment (Daily Devotional)

Welcome to Living Supernaturally, we're so glad that you could be here. We've been meditating on the words that Paul writes to Timothy in his epistles and we have been focusing on it because these are instructions, these are commands, these are revelations and even practical wisdom that he's writing/ addressing to Timothy. Today, we are looking at 1 Timothy chapter 6 and a few verses from there, chapter 6, beginning at verse 6, it says, ‘now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness and pierce themselves through with many sorrows.’ He's talking about pursuit of reverence, respect and piety for God. He's saying godliness with contentment is great gain. What is godliness? It's a pursuit of reverence for God and respect for God and piety for God. He's saying godliness with contentment, with that sense of satisfaction, not being greedy, not being envious, not being covetous; godliness with contentment is great gain, with a great benefit for the believer. He's talking about those who left that and in place of that desire to be rich. There's nothing wrong with money, there's nothing wrong with riches, it is useful to pay our bills, useful for daily living and in fact, we need it, it's a necessity. God knows it but those who desire to be rich and who are greedy, it says that they fall into temptation and a snare and a trap which drowns man in all kinds of destruction. It says here that those who desire, fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown people in destruction and perdition. So, this is something that Paul is warning Timothy and warning the church which Timothy is leading and he's saying this ought not to be so. He also goes on to say something about money and he says this love of money, it's a root. It's a root system which draws and bears fruit. So, this love of money is a root system which bears fruit and what kinds of fruit? It says that all kinds of evil are the end result or the fruit of this love of money. He says, some in their greediness for money, in their love for money have even strayed from the faith. So, money is good and we need to have it, it's a necessity but people who strayed away from the faith in their greediness for money have actually pierced themselves, he says with many sorrows. So, it's a warning for Timothy, it's a warning for us today in our day and time. Shall we pray? Father, we thank you for this warning, we thank you for these words that we need to be mindful of. Lord, we thank you that your word is a safety net, it's a boundary because you care for us when you ask us not to do certain things. We pray that we will take heed to your word and reap from it, we thank you, we give you all the praise and glory, in Jesus’s matchless name we pray, Amen.

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