This Is All We Need!
"Now godliness with
contentment is great
gain."
1 Timothy 6: 6
Leaders in various religious movements are
often discovered to be living lavish lifestyles:
homes, private jets, expensive belongings,
and large salaries. But this is not a modern
phenomenon.
In Apostle Paul’s day, there were traveling teachers
who demanded payments before they would share
their “wisdom.” In fact, some of them criticized Paul
in that he refused to take payments for his ministry
(2 Corinthians 11).
When Paul wrote to the young pastor
Timothy, he
warned him to have nothing to do with teachers who
thought that “godliness is a means of gain”. Then
he
reminded Timothy that godliness can be a source of
gain when it's coupled with one thing:
contentment
(1 Timothy 6:6).
Paul wrote a long section of his epistle on the subject
of riches and contentment and spiritual gain that comes
from finding wealth in Christ. Money isn't the problem;
the love of money is. To be content frees us to be “rich
in good works” and to lay a foundation for the age to
come (1 Timothy 6:18-19).
Are you content in Christ today?
In Him we have all we will
ever
need.
"Deep, contented joy comes
from a place of complete
security and confidence
in
God."
Charles Swindoll