"6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves."
1 Timothy 6:6-10 NKJV
Some people long for the Lottery day to come, especially the Euro-Millions. If a person wins the jackpot, they go from nothing to multi-millionaire over night. Now for many, this sounds good. Just think about it, winning this fortune can give you all the many things that you've only been able to dream about. Win and it becomes a total reality. But there have been a few people who have won only to have their lives shortened through unwise living. Where are they now?
The above text spells the reality out very clearly. We brought nothing into this world and, we will certainly take nothing out of it, when we die. When we are standing before Jesus, it won't mean a thing if we tell Him that we are a multi-millionaire. It will mean nothing. The only thing that will matter to Jesus is how you lived your life on earth. If you know Jesus, you will be able to stay, otherwise, I'm sorry to say, you will be refused entry.
To be happy, is to delight ourselves in God, not in the world. There are so many lovely people in this world. However, many of them, despite being nice people, live a life far away from God. They just do not want to know about Him. If we spend too much time with that kind of people, we are at risk of being pulled away from our Christian walk and placed into their life styles. As harsh as it may sound, if they are not interested in Christianity, we need to limit our time with them and spend time with the ones who are interested.
When we delight ourselves in God, it means that, we stand tall and firm and hold up the banner of Jesus Christ. We do not hide it for an evening or two just to satisfy certain friends. So therefore, we have choices to make. Is there a chance that these friends may steer us away from what we believe? Are they interested in Jesus? The answers to these two questions determines what choice we should make.
Copyriight 2021 Grahame Howard
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