(Nuggets from 1 Timothy 6:17)
This was Apostle Paul's epistle to Timothy urging him to charge the brethren in the church who had a tendency for materialism on the need to understand the USE OF RICHES.
This was not an epistle to the UNBELIEVERS but to those in the household of Faith - BELIEVERS who follow the Lord.
He charged the RICH amongst them to understand that there was absolutely no need for them to be HIGH-MINDED just because they had EARTHLY RICHES. Riches in this world are inconsequential in ETERNITY if not used the right way as our Lord Jesus Christ recommended in Luke 16:9,
"And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), so that when it fails, they [those you have favored] may receive and welcome you into the everlasting habitations (dwellings)."
Riches on earth will eventually fail when the earthly tabernacle fails at death, so after delivering the PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD, Jesus needed to tell the disciples about the importance of laying up treasures for themselves in Heaven with the material things of this world, so that when their pilgrimage was over, they would have a WORTHY INHERITANCE in HEAVEN.
Being RICH/WEALTHY should not make you puff up or treat others like they are LESS-PRIVILEGED or LESSER HUMANS, and he further instructed that they should not trust in UNCERTAIN RICHES; but instead, put their trust in the LIVING GOD who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
USE YOUR GOD-GIVEN RICHES/WEALTH, POSITION, INFLUENCE, AND RESOURCES TO UPLIFT LIVES AND NOT OPPRESS THEM.
SEE YOURSELF AS A STEWARD, YOU DON'T CALL THE SHOTS!
You and I know that "the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof"; Which means that the ENTIRE UNIVERSE, including the HEAVENS, and everything in them emanate from God, both living and non-living things.
ALL THINGS BELONG TO GOD; HE IS THE SOURCE!
Children of earthly Kings (Princes and Princesses) are automatically heirs to their Father's Kingdom and as such, have nothing to worry about. They know this, and they live with this consciousness.
Unfortunately, children of the Kingdom, who are CHILDREN OF THE KING of Kings and LORD of Lords just have THEORETICAL knowledge of the God they profess to serve but no PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING of the SCOPE OF HIS RICHES.
GOD IS THE SOURCE, and the entire universe and all the WEALTH, RICHES, NATURAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES and ANIMALS in the Sea, on Land, and in the Air, all Flora and Fauna you can think of, all Galaxies, Planetary Bodies, the Sun, Moon, Stars, Mountains, Hills, Rivers, Oceans, Lakes, Lakes, Springs, name them..
THEY ARE ALL HIS RESOURCES!
So if you are truly God's child, WHY FOCUS ON THE RESOURCE WHEN YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOURCE?
Don't let MISPLACED PRIORITIES deny you the fullness of the riches God wants you to enjoy. Whether it is MATERIAL RICHES or INTELLIGENCE or BEAUTY, or FAME, there is nothing you have in this world that was not given to you by God.
HUMBLE YOURSELF, LIVE A RIGHTEOUS LIFE, SEEK GOD AND WHEN YOU FIND HIM, STICK TO THE SOURCE, AND THE RESOURCE WILL NATURALLY BE YOURS.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 36 OF 365 (2025)
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