Thursday, May 11, 2017

Godliness With Contentment

"But godliness with contentment is great gain."  I Timothy 6:6.  Neither godliness nor contentment is easily found in our society of today.  We are a people that are enveloped in sinfulness and a people who are constantly seeking to have more and more.  Godliness is found when we submit to God and seek His will in our lives.  We strive to be as pure and holy as He is.  Godliness avoids sin, and seeks righteousness.  Godliness does not follow the path of the wicked.  Godliness will promote self worth, and free one from guilt.  Godliness will lift one to a higher plane of living.  Contentment will free one from materialistic pursuits, and seeking to surround one with those things that are only temporary.  Contentment is satisfaction with what one has.  It does not covet the things that are unnecessary in one's life.  Discontent causes one to seek more and more.  The more one seeks, the less satisfied one becomes.  All things worldly do not last.  Godliness will continue on into the next life.  It fact, godliness promises one the abundant life.  The true worth of an individual is not what one possesses, but rather what possesses the individual.  True happiness is found when one becomes godly and content with blessings possessed.

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