Godliness With Contentment Is Great Gain

“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing unto this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” (I Timothy 6:6-7) 

I have a riddle for you: People worry about me, get twisted up in knots over me, stay awake at night thinking about me, wish they had more of me, never have enough of me, trade away their integrity to get me, stew, scheme and steal to get me, envy those who have more of me than they do, seldom just give me away, trade me for the strangest things, and then, just leave me behind they die. Who am I? Money. 

Our attitude about money says volumes about us. It must not rule our lives. In the verse above, Paul says, “godliness with contentment is great gain.” How many contented people do you know? Probably very few. We live in a very materialistic culture which pressures us to pursue more stuff. But money never satisfies. No matter how much of it we attain, we always want more of it. If we give our lives to it, we will come up empty. 

It's not a sin to have money, as long as money does not have you. May God help us to invest some of the money we have into the Kingdom of God, into our local church, where God can use it to reach people.

 

The Pastor’s Pocket

Pastor Bruce Freeman

 

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