Finding Contentment

A key point used for any counseling on money is 1 Tim 6:10, “the love of money is the root of all evil”. It is not money itself, even the bible shows the importance of making more money, use the parable of talents for example, but it is the love that turns money into evil.

Author Paul Tripp had an amazing view that “the love of money fundamentally is not an overspending problem; it is a contentment problem”(Tripp, 2013). The love of money causes you to be so unhappy with what you have, that you begin to spend what you don’t have, and search for easy risky methods of taking more.

I came across an article from this year about a collapse in cryptocurrency from Jesse Pound. Cryptocurrency in 2021 has hit mass popularity after events with Tesla and other big-time currency agencies. Many are looking at this as an easy tool to make money fast without work.

Some have been selling cars and houses to make money off of this, yet they are losing it all after crashes. It is not a sin to make money, but could losing a house and food money for your family trying to get rich be considered the love of money?

According to Paul Tripp, the love of money is the fruit of discontentment. This happens when one doesn’t value what God has given them the way that they should.

When looking at the Israelites in the wilderness, a miracle happened every single day when manna fell from the sky for them to eat. The problem was not food, but that the Israelites had grown unhappy with the food, same miracle, different attitude.

The key to being happy in this world is a Godly perspective, content with how God has freely given to us. Don’t grow tired of the Lord working for you, but be forever content with how he fulfills your needs.

Sources Cited

King James Version. James C Winston, 1993.

Pound, Jesse. “The Crypto Collapse: Here’s What’s behind Bitcoin’s Sudden Drop.” CNBC, CNBC, 21 May 2021, www.cnbc.com/2021/05/19/the-crypto-collapse-heres-whats-behind-bitcoins-sudden-drop.html.

Tripp, Paul David. Sex and Money : Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies, Crossway, 2013. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/lbc/detail.action?docID=1325546.