Godliness and contentment: All you need.
1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
The Bible calls us to allow our convictions, not our circumstances, to govern our sense of contentment .
Biblical contentment is a conviction that Christ’s power, purpose and provision is sufficient for every circumstance. We are to learn how to walk through all kinds of adversity believing in and experiencing Christ’s sufficiency. We have to choose to rest on God’s good promises despite what may be going on in our lives.
Many of us are trying to fill a void of some kind in our lives, and unfortunately we try to fill that void with things that can’t satisfy.
We look to fill the void with possessions or money, but we only end up wanting more. We try to fill it with relationships or sex, but we end up feeling even more empty and depressed than when we started.
All of these things we try to fill our lives with aren’t necessarily bad things, but when they become the end goals, and the reason for our being, we end up being discontent because those things were never meant to fulfill us.
A little more check on the verse
1 Timothy 6:6-12 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 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 a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
No matter how well you pursue money, you can never have enough...
Wealth is “like seawater: the more you drink, the thirstier you become.”
You can only have peace of mind when you put your trust in God, have faith in Him for His daily provision.
Be contented with whatever you are given each day...
Do not try to have wealth, money by all means, else you fall into temptation.
God bless you.
The Bible calls us to allow our convictions, not our circumstances, to govern our sense of contentment .
Biblical contentment is a conviction that Christ’s power, purpose and provision is sufficient for every circumstance. We are to learn how to walk through all kinds of adversity believing in and experiencing Christ’s sufficiency. We have to choose to rest on God’s good promises despite what may be going on in our lives.
Many of us are trying to fill a void of some kind in our lives, and unfortunately we try to fill that void with things that can’t satisfy.
We look to fill the void with possessions or money, but we only end up wanting more. We try to fill it with relationships or sex, but we end up feeling even more empty and depressed than when we started.
All of these things we try to fill our lives with aren’t necessarily bad things, but when they become the end goals, and the reason for our being, we end up being discontent because those things were never meant to fulfill us.
A little more check on the verse
1 Timothy 6:6-12 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 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 a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
No matter how well you pursue money, you can never have enough...
Wealth is “like seawater: the more you drink, the thirstier you become.”
You can only have peace of mind when you put your trust in God, have faith in Him for His daily provision.
Be contented with whatever you are given each day...
Do not try to have wealth, money by all means, else you fall into temptation.
God bless you.