Today's full reading: 1 Timothy 6:1-21
"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, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith." (1 Timothy 6:9-12 NIV)
Money is not evil; nor does it in and of itself lead us to commit evil. In fact, when used in a God honoring way money is a very good thing. It is the love of money, the ungodly focus or priority we give to money, that leads us away from trusting in God alone. Money is simply a tool that we are to manage faithfully to accomplish the will of God in our lives in our generation.
I pray that you and I will heed the warning given here about those who have wandered from the faith because of there ungodly desire for money. May we always desire God above the things of this world, money included.
Today, as an act of worship, thank God for the financial resources he has blessed you with. Confess any known sin in your life in regard to managing those resources. Today "pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith." (1 Timothy 6:11-12)
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