DO NOT LOVE MONEY
1Timothy 6:3-16

When you look not into what God has not given you, God Himself will give to you what is good for you. Hebrews 13:5 – “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” 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. Most time in our life, list of wants can be done away with without it affecting our life. Wants are not and will never be as important as needs. Often what is needed can be pressing and it can become unavoidable. When desire for wants grow based upon seeing what others have, walking in the avenue of sin becomes inevitable. Covetousness is a sin. In the Ten Commandments it is clearly stated that, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” (Exodus 20:17) The Word of God that states “He will never leave you nor forsake you” 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 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 1 Timothy 6:6-7, “Now Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” When everything that is seen becomes a desire, contentment will loose its place in our life and the power of God ceases to flow. The love of money often has a place where lack of contentment abides. Have you thought about your relationship with money? When set your love with money, you are bound in the wrong direction. The Word of God warns in 1 Timothy 6:10, “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 pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” 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.

Prayer for today: Ask God to have mercy that you should seek Him indeed and truth by living in contentment all the days of your life.