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1 Timothy 6:8
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8 And [de] having [echo] food [diatrophe] and [kai] raiment [skepasma] let us be [arkeo] therewith [toutois] content. [arkeo] KJV-Interlinear
8 And if we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. NASB
One of the most difficult things in life is the ability to distinguish between those things that we need and those things that we want in life.
This verse does not intend to say that you should want only the bare minimums in life in order to survive. God is not a fool, and God knows that the inherent desire for more and better is in everyone.
After all, He created salvation so that we could have heaven, which is far more than anything that exists on this earth.
Wanting more is natural and normal.
Likewise, God did not make everyone so that they could or should, get by on the bare essentials of life. He did promote David, Job, Solomon, Moses, and many others, to great positions, wealth, influence, and so forth.
God invented the principles of divine establishment which includes the principles of free enterprise, the principles of reservoirs, the principles of leadership, and so forth, so that everyone would have a place and resources in life, regardless of who they are.
What this verse is directed at, are the inordinate desires and ambitions that leave out the spiritual side of ones life.
Your spiritual life is the single most important aspect and component of your life. It is the only thing that you can take with you into eternity. Your spiritual life includes the content of your soul (spiritual content), the production of your life (spiritual production), and the inner resources (spiritual resources) that are eternal.
These things make up who you are, and qualify you for eternal blessings.
The expression of need for food and clothing, refers to the basic and necessary things that you need in order to get by in life, the talents and abilities that you have to apply to your life.
God placed us all in this world. We came in as babies, with nothing and nothing to offer.
All that we have or will have, comes from God and from no other source. God gave us all a means to support our self in this world, while we grow up in our spiritual life. Unfortunately far too many people place emphasis on their worldly life, and ignore their spiritual life. And your emphasis should be the other way around
You should place emphasis on your spiritual advancement, while simultaneously living your life in this world.
To some, God will give a little. To some God will give a lot. Whatever your situation is, it is good enough for you to allow you to advance in your spiritual life. And, if you are given more, then you will be able to help others in some fashion (employment, charity, whatever), to make their life in this world functional and/or tolerable, so that they can concentrate on their spiritual life.
Remember one important principle in life. You are to be a fruitful and productive person. What does that mean really? Well, when a tree or vine produces fruit, it is productive. But it does not produce fruit for itself. It produces for others. It does not eat its own production. Others benefit from its production.
And therefore, those who concentrate their lives on productivity and success for their own benefit, are missing the whole point of why they are here in this world in the first place.
Our future is in heaven, not on this earth.
However, governments and social views focus on this world and their own agenda as though it is the only accomplishment that will last forever. And it will not.
How many governments and empires and nations have come and gone from history. All of them. Why do you suppose that it is any different now?
As we have already studied in Thessalonians and Revelation, the vast majority of every citizen of every country on this planet will someday, move toward apostasy, as never before in history. You recall our ‘great apostasy’ study. And then the Rapture and Tribulation will occur.
So, whether it is your own demise in life or the next historical events of history, sooner or later you will leave this world behind and everything that you deemed valuable. What you need is your spiritual life, because it is that possession, and nothing from this world, that will carry you into eternity.
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