LOVE OF MONEY1Timothy 6:3-16

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When you do not look for what God did not give you, He will give to you what is good and His goodness and mercy shall follow you. Hebrews 13:5 – ÒLet your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ÒI will never leave you nor forsake you.ÓÓ What are you looking for outside of the will of God? How are you conducting yourself in the areas of your wants? There is a difference from what you want and what you need. List of wants can be done away with without it affecting oneÕs life most of the time. Wants are not as important as needs because most times, needs can be pressing and can hardly be avoided or done without. Is your desire for wants growing based upon what you see that others have? Covetousness is a sin. It is not a sign of going after getting what glisters or what is better. In the Ten Commandments, it is clearly stated that, ÒYou shall not covet your neighborÕs house; you shall not covet your neighborÕs wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighborÕs.Ó (Exodus 20:17) The word of God that states ÒHe will never leave you nor forsake youÓ is true only to those whose conduct is without covetousness and to those who conduct themselves with contentment. It is a blessing to have God to be for us, but His entire blessing comes with conditions. His love, however, is unconditional. God wants us to be content with what we have. It is recorded in I Timothy 6:6-7, ÒNow Godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out.Ó Many are godly and many claim to be godly, but yet everything that they see becomes a desire. By this virtue, contentment loses its place and the power of God ceases to flow because God, the source of power, does not have a place where covetousness reigns. Many coveted needs demand money so as a result, the love of money takes it place where lack of contentment abides. Have you thought about your relationship with money? Is it a love and love relationship? There is no warning signal in falling in love and falling out of love. The moment you are in love with money, you are bound in the wrong direction and it is not of life; it is of death. The word of God warns in 1 Timothy 6:10, ÒFor the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.Ó The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil; not just one kind but all kinds of evil. Be very careful in your pursuit for wants or else the devil will recruit you as part of those who will be spending eternity with him. God will have mercy on those who seek and experience contentment with Him.