Trusting God

Trusting God more….

1 Timothy 6:10: "For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows."^[1]

 

 

         Be content living for God for this will bring you great gain (see 1 Timothy 6:6). God will provide for his children better than you can provide for yourself. Do not love the world more than you love God. Do not love money and follow it to your destruction (see 1 Timothy 6:9).

         To understand what is meant by "the love for money" is to understand it meaning to allow the great desire for greed to lead your life in always trying to gain more wealth. This great evil desire is able to destroy your priorities, marriages, households, companies and even the economy.

Loving money will lead you away from the true faith, Jesus Christ. The writer says that those who go this way of seeking after money end up piercing themselves with many sorrows. Not just one sorrow but the pain of suffering many sorrows. Jesus knows all about your life and knows what is best for you. Trust him to provide for you and see how faithful is God to his children.

Hebrews 13:5:

Don't love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,  "I will never fail you.  I will never abandon you."

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^[1]Tyndale House Publishers., Holy Bible: New Living Translation., 2nd ed. (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 2004), 1 Ti 6:10. All scripture cited is NLT.

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Clear Consicence

Clear Conscience

Acts 24:16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man. (NIV)

 

         How is your conscience? Is it clear before God and man? Having a clear conscience before man is easy because man's standards are not God's. God has a higher standard that he has set which is called righteousness. God is righteousness and he alone can define this, and therefore he has shown us this through his only son.

         Jesus showed righteousness is honoring God over man. Jesus did his father's work. The apostles in Acts say they have testified for what they have seen and what they have heard. This was keeping a clear conscience. Knowing the right that should be done and it is being done. Our conscience reminds us of our past actions and that will either bring forth guilt or peace. Jesus and the apostles wanted peace to come to mind and for that reason they worked on living for God daily. Guilt comes from knowing better and not doing what should be done. When the quiet time comes in the day your conscience will let you know you should have done better.

         Having a clear conscience is having a good relationship with God the loving father through Jesus the Christ. Knowing Jesus you know that obedience to the commandments of God is the way to live with peace. 

         So strive to always keep you conscience clear before God and man. Do it now.  God is waiting for you and is always ready. So let Jesus truly reign in your life as Lord, and surrender to his will. 

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