Jim's Devotional - November 11th

Next, we come to treasure. My wife, Pam, loves to go to yard sales and thrift stores. When she comes home, she will say, “come and see all the treasures that I found.” One person’s junk is another person’s
treasure.

We often equate treasure with wealth. Think about this, we are all wealthy to some degree. The only necessities in life are food, clothing, and shelter. Anything above that is wealth. Some possess billions of dollars over these necessities, and some have one dollar above. What we do with our wealth is up to us.

In 1st Timothy 6:8 Paul said, “Now godliness with contentment is great gain.” Then, in verse 10 he told us what hinders godliness (Godliness being defined as consistently living out the character of God), “...the love of money...”

Many insist that they do not love money. If our lifestyles are such that we cannot give priority to giving to God, we love money. If we indebted ourselves to the point that we cannot give priority to giving to God,
we love money. If, when increase comes (payday) and we think, “If I give to God, I won’t be able to...., then we love money.

Let’s arrange our lives so that God gets priority over our Time, Talent, and Treasure.