I was really blessed again reading Hebrews 13:5-6:
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied {CONTENT} with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?
Notice that Paul said in verse 5 to be free from LOVE OF MONEY! Not free from money or things, but from the love of those! Why? Because 1 Timothy 6:10 tells us that the LOVE of money is the root cause of all evil! People can have a love of money whether they have a lot of money or not. When money (things, possessions) are MOST important to you, then your focus is off of the One, True God and you will NOT be likely to follow His Word or His ways! Instead, we are told in that when we seek FIRST OF ALL, God's Kingdom and HIS ways of doing and being right, then all of these THINGS will be added to us (Matthew 6:33)! God's ways are SO much better than the ways of the world!
Also, notice that I crossed out the word 'satisfied' from verse 5. That is because the word is NOT satisfied, but content! "Content" is the Greek word "arkeo", which means: to be possessed of unfailing strength, to be strong, to suffice. Why? Because HE lives IN us and His GRACE is always enough! Enough for what? Enough to get to us everything we will ever need! 2 Corinthians 9 tells us that HE provides seed for the sower AND bread for eating! Philippians 4:19 tells us that HE will supply ALL of our needs, not according to the need, but according to HIS RICHES! He is, and always will be , MORE THAN ENOUGH for every situation! HALLELUJAH! And if that were not promise enough, He says above that HE will NEVER , IN ANY WAY leave us, let us down, fail us or forsake us! WE CAN COUNT ON HIM! AMEN! So let's be DOERS of verse 6! Let's take great comfort in the TRUTH that HE is our Helper at all times and that it doesn't do anyone, any good, to come against us! Why? Because then they come right up against the Living God, and that might not turn out too well for them, UNLESS they turn their hearts to HIM and ber born again! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Love So Great":
Shalom in Him!
