Godliness With Contentment

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5

But Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. – 1Timothy 6:6

It is such a blessing to know what is important; to have a strong grip on what truly matters in life. As I age I am beginning to learn more about my destiny and what is crucial to my existence. The period that can be wasted on frivolities and inconsequential things are long gone. Time is now an extremely rare and valuable resource to me. Luckily, I have never been one to be controlled by money. I was content growing up and I still am as an adult. I do not have everything I would like nor am I where I would like to be but I am wise enough to know that God knows where I ought to be. I am confident that I will have what He says that I will have and I will be whatever He says that I will be. I watch with a sense of pity at those who sacrifice their family lives, their health and their sanity trying to get rich. The Bible tells us in Proverbs 23:4-5 that “Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle”. When we spend our lives chasing after money, it’s either we never quite catch it or when we lay our hands on it, we realize that financial wealth is not all that is cracked up to be.

As long as Almighty God in heaven promises to stand by our side, why we do we worry? Why do we find it hard to be content with what we have and where we are? Why do we find it hard to believe that we are on a journey and the Great God who has brought us this far will definitely see us to the end? Why can we not see that Jehovah that was graceful and merciful enough to start a good work in us, will surely bring it to completion? My friend, be content with what you have – little or much. When you pray, ask God for what you need. Accompanied with the right motives in your heart, He will surely supply all your needs.