1 Timothy 3-6
Most people I talk to indicate that they are too busy and stressed. Why do we live that way? What puts us on a gerbil wheel, running in circles?
At this time of year the holiday catalogs clog our mailboxes and advertising on tv and elsewhere tells us all about the new gadgets, fragrances and toys. If we’re honest, most of us have to admit that it all pulls on us. I know I want some of that stuff.
In order to buy those items, we must have money. Most of us look to earning a sizable income to pay for the basics and so much more. How much of our stress and exhaustion is related to that pursuit of money and things?
Today’s reading in 1 Timothy 3-6 addresses this in some ways. In 1Timothy 6:8 we read, “So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.” Let’s pause there a moment…feels uncomfortable doesn’t it? I feel it too.
And then he goes on in verses 9 and 10 to say, “…people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil.”
Most of us say that we don’t want to be rich nor do we love money. However, we are already are rich by world standards… even the poorest student among us.
Many people in the world earn less than $2 a day. In addition, I recently read an article in Christianity Today stating that most people in
I don’t mean to put a damper on our holiday gift-giving plans. Then again, it is a good time to reflect on God’s gifts to us, including his promise to provide and his generous track record in doing so in the past.
If I can meditate on that, I hope to find more peace and less stress. Then I just might have the clarity to step out of that gerbil wheel.
Sue
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