As fans gasped and laughed, he simply hugged his daughter to let her know that “she didn’t do anything wrong.” Fortunately for the smooth-fielding father, a Phillies representative brought him a new baseball to take home.
Just as this little girl didn’t see the value in the baseball, you and I sometimes don’t value what God has given us.
1 Timothy 6 addresses this as Paul implored his young protégé to be content. Timothy is warned about false teachers who are more interested in making a buck than blessing others 1 Timothy 6:3-5 If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. Then Paul tells Timothy in verse 6: But godliness with contentment is great gain. The word contentment in this context literally means “a perfect condition, not lacking anything.”
Does that describe you and me?
Instead of being grateful for the gifts our heavenly Father has placed in our lives, do we toss them away and grasp for useless stuff that we think we need? Paul nailed it when he wrote, But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that verse 8.
“For we brought nothing into the world, we can take nothing out of it” verse 7, If we keep seeking stuff that we can not take with us, then we will end up being like those in verse 9: People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
There’s only one thing that we need to “hold tightly”—is the eternal life we have in Jesus.
Today, instead of moaning about your meager lot in life—tossing God’s good gifts back in His face—thank Him for all He’s given you.
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