“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.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?’” (Hebrews 13:5-6)

To be content or to choose contentment is to choose peace. In many books, there is an early page called the ‘table of contents.’ That page precisely tells us what the book can do or has within or what it will address. That page gives no thought to what it doesn’t contain or have. The Word of God says “be content with WHAT YOU HAVE.” Contentment starts by acknowledging whatever we have. It executes with what it has. It never considers or plans with what it doesn’t have. This implies that it starts from a place of gratitude and this frees us from worry. In Luke 9:16, the Bible says about Jesus: “Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and broke them.” While His disciples were worried about the crowds and the lack of enough food, they thought about dismissing them, but Jesus started from a place of what He had and He gave thanks, and God graciously increased the supply. He has said: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Praise the Lord!

“Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain” (1 Timothy 6:6). Truly, contentment frees us from the scourge of a love of money, and keeps us connected to godlikeness. May we too can say with confidence: “The Lord is my Helper; I will not be afraid.” Amen.

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