1 Timothy 6:13-21
During the pandemic, life changed in dramatic ways for most of us. Some of us were lucky enough to still have jobs and a steady income. We learned to work from home, attending events digitally, learning to use tools like Zoom for the first time. Still, the unknowns of the virus making its way through our communities left us uncertain of what the future would hold.
For others, job loss meant losing the life we had invested in. It is hard not to be able to depend on a steady income, to have to turn to others to help us to get by, to be fearful of the future, not knowing how we would survive, or where we would end up.
A deep truth underlies this reality: Life is uncertain, and we cannot put our faith in mortal things. Instead, we have to put our hope in God because God is the only certainty in this world of uncertainties. Wealth is not certain. Paul wrote to Timothy to remind him that the rich were not to be arrogant in their wealth, but to put their hope in God, for He alone is solid and sure (v. 17).
Author: Ben Hayden
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