Bible Reading: I Timothy 6:9-16
Key Verse: Verse 9 – “But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”
Key Words: But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare
It is not that those who fall into a snare are rich; it is that they desire to be rich.
As you read this devotion, you could begin to think that I am opposed to riches, but that would not be true at all. We need those who have the blessings of God’s riches on their lives to carry out the work of God financially. The problem is that so many today are living and laboring in order to be rich; and that is the rebuke we find in our text, “But they that will be rich fall... .”
An old rabbinic tale records the concern of a man of God for a young friend who was becoming worldly and materialistic. The rabbi invited him into his study and led him to the window. “What do you see?” he asked. There was a playground next door. “I see children playing.” Then the rabbi took a little hand mirror out of his pocket and held it before the visitor’s face. “Tell me what you see now.” “I see myself,” he said, wondering what was going on. “Isn’t it strange,” the rabbi asked, “that when a little silver gets between yourself and others, you see only yourself?”
How true!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Remove the material things that stand between you and God.
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