Money

All my life I have never had a lot of money. There was a time when we felt pretty "confortable," if you know what I mean, but never extra. I was reading in 1 Timothy this morning and was struck by these words. Especially what I underlined.

"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."

Twice Paul points out those for want to get rich. You can picture those who strive in life for wealth. A pretty miserable existence and how easily a person can forget the Lord. Paul goes on to say "Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor put their hope in wealth, which is uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share." Paul is not suggesting for Timothy to share this with those who are wealthy but he is commanding him. This is a good call to re-evaluate ourselves. I read a book about a year ago called "The Wealth Conundrum." It spoke from the perspective of a very wealthy man realizing the problems of money. Pretty good read.

I was thinking this morning how I just love waking up and going straight to my coffee and my bible. I just lOVE seeking God and learning more in his word. If I happen to not be able to for a day or two I miss it so much. I believe that the more we spend time growing in our relationship with the Lord the less we will care about money, we'll just want more and more of him. If your not spending time in the word every day I would challenge you to start a 1 year read through of the bible. It really helps to get in a routine of reading daily. Just go online to 1 year read through of the bible and you can print off a month at a time and keep it in your bible. Start with January - not May.

Put everything else aside - it's all about Jesus.