“Godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But thouse who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.” 1 Timothy 6:6-10 I’ve often said that I don’t desire to be rich, I just want to be comfortable. Like that is somehow better. But really it isn’t. My desire should be for discomfort because if I’m truly living for Christ, and the world hates Him like John 15:18 says then it would hate me also. Our desires shouldn’t be tied to things of this world at all since it’s so clearly stated in 1 Timothy that we cannot take anything out of the world anyway. I pray to God that my desire would be for Him and Him alone, and that all the treasure and comfort of this world would grow dim in my sight. I pray that the desires of my heart would be met completely in His word, and His love would complete me and be the comfort that I desire above all else. How much better would my life have been had I realized this 30 years ago and persued Him with the intensity that I drove my truck?
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October 29, 2024