afam4eva: My lifelong dream is to be a billonaire. It's not because i'm not content but because i want to be in a position to help the less privileged.

obadiah777: IF YOU WANT TO BE A BILLIONAIRE AND YOU ARE NOT ALREADY ? THEN YOU ARE NOT CONTENT. BEING CONTENT IS BEING HAPPY WITH WHERE YOU ARE. AND WHO TOLD YOU YOUHAD TO BE A BILLIONAIRE TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED ? YOU CAN START NOW IF YOU FEEL SO MUCH FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED. START A CHARITY AND THEN COLLECT DONATIONS. HOWEVER I GET THE FEELING YOU ARE HIDING YOUR COVETOUSNESS AND GREED UNDER 'HELPING THE LESS PRIVILEGED'

afam4eva:
And who says i'm not helping people with the little i have? Why do charity organization keep going out to ask for donations from people. Why can't they be content with what they have?

obadiah777: AND WHO TOLD YOU YOUHAD TO BE A BILLIONAIRE TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED ? HOWEVER I GET THE FEELING YOU ARE HIDING YOUR COVETOUSNESS AND GREED UNDER 'HELPING THE LESS PRIVILEGED'

obadiah777: YOU DONT WANT TO BE A BILLIONAIRE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. STOP DECIEVING YOURSELF. YOU MAY DECIEVE MAN BUT YOU AND GOD KNOW WHATS IN YOUR HEART

afam4eva: My lifelong dream is to be a billonaire. It's not because i'm not content but because i want to be in a position to help the less privileged.

Reference:

Everything part of this statement is good, honorable and desirable. The only part that is the problem is the first word, MY. This is where God has a problem with us. Liken it to this. I have a poultry where I raise chicks. It is my desire to have fully grown, healthy birds at an appointed time. I'm sure my birds agree with this so they eat voraciously as I give them food. The problem arises when it is time for me to get my money back. If the birds say well, thank you sir for all the food but I want to be set free like my colleagues roaming the bush to do what I like. In this case, how will I as the owner feel?

Material things are never the problem in themselves. The problem is unto what purpose. What is the end game If we cannot be accountable to God, then its better if we did not exist or He did not invest in us at all in the first place. Contentment simply acknowledges you have an owner who dictates the pace of your life and appoints a final destination. Just eat what he gives you an shut up.

OLAADEGBU: The Grace of Being Content
November 15, 2012.

"And having food and raiment let us be therewith content" (1 Timothy 6:8 ).

The last of God's Ten Commandments--and probably the most difficult to obey--deals with the sin of covetousness. "Thou shalt not covet . . . any thing that is thy neighbour's" (Exodus 20:17). "Take heed, and beware of covetousness" warned the Lord Jesus, "for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth" (Luke 12:15). This warning introduced His parable of the rich man whom God called a fool. "So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God" (Luke 12:21).

And how does one become rich toward God? "Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. . . . Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. . . . seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:20, 25, 33).

We Christians--especially in an affluent society such as ours--all too easily fall into the trap of being possessed by our possessions and may even think these possessions are somehow God's reward for our "godliness." But Paul says those who suppose "that gain is godliness" are "destitute of the truth." We need to remember that in God's sight "godliness with contentment is great gain" (1 Timothy 6:5-6). And with Paul, we should strive to be able to say sincerely that "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content" (Philippians 4:11).

God has promised to supply all our needs (Philippians 4:19), if we are faithful stewards of what He has entrusted to us. Therefore, God's Word commands: "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Hebrews 13:5). HMM

For more . . . .

OLAADEGBU: The Grace of Being Content
November 15, 2012.

"And having food and raiment let us be therewith content" (1 Timothy 6:8 ).

The last of God's Ten Commandments--and probably the most difficult to obey--deals with the sin of covetousness. "Thou shalt not covet . . . any thing that is thy neighbour's" (Exodus 20:17). "Take heed, and beware of covetousness" warned the Lord Jesus, "for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth" (Luke 12:15). This warning introduced His parable of the rich man whom God called a fool. "So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God" (Luke 12:21).

And how does one become rich toward God? "Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. . . . Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. . . . seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:20, 25, 33).

We Christians--especially in an affluent society such as ours--all too easily fall into the trap of being possessed by our possessions and may even think these possessions are somehow God's reward for our "godliness." But Paul says those who suppose "that gain is godliness" are "destitute of the truth." We need to remember that in God's sight "godliness with contentment is great gain" (1 Timothy 6:5-6). And with Paul, we should strive to be able to say sincerely that "I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content" (Philippians 4:11).

God has promised to supply all our needs (Philippians 4:19), if we are faithful stewards of what He has entrusted to us. Therefore, God's Word commands: "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Hebrews 13:5). HMM

For more . . . .

obadiah777: IF YOU WANT TO BE A BILLIONAIRE AND YOU ARE NOT ALREADY ? THEN YOU ARE NOT CONTENT. BEING CONTENT IS BEING HAPPY WITH WHERE YOU ARE. AND WHO TOLD YOU YOUHAD TO BE A BILLIONAIRE TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED ? YOU CAN START NOW IF YOU FEEL SO MUCH FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED. START A CHARITY AND THEN COLLECT DONATIONS. HOWEVER I GET THE FEELING YOU ARE HIDING YOUR COVETOUSNESS AND GREED UNDER 'HELPING THE LESS PRIVILEGED'

cecegorz:
Are you serious bro? Looks like your only reason for reading the Bible is just to look for who to condemn.
You were actually judging the young man's Motives. How dare you?
So because he is not a Billionare yet he shouldn't plan, shouldn't dream?, shouldn't have his expectations anymore? Did all the Billionaires woke up one day and became what they are without building it?
Who has bewitched you? Which gospel are you preaching?
Even if you had taken an oath of poverty, must you wish it on everybody? Your type is those that attribute everything good and luxurious to the devil.
Agreed that the prosperity of fools shall destroy them, but more importantly is the truth in Job36vs11 'If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in Prosperity, and their years in Pleasures'.

The Grace of Being Content
November 15, 2012.

"And having food and raiment let us be therewith content" (1 Timothy 6:8 ).

The last of God's Ten Commandments--and probably the most difficult to obey--deals with the sin of covetousness. "Thou shalt not covet . . . any thing that is thy neighbour's" (Exodus 20:17). "Take heed, and beware of covetousness" warned the Lord Jesus, "for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth" (Luke 12:15).

vascey:

Tell this to the jet-setting pastors.

Reference: Contentment simply means a state of being physically, mentally and spiritually stable in the place or position God wills for you at any point in time. It has nothing to do with dreams and aspirations, plans and progress. It just says you are not anxious about what you don't have nor call to question the place or position you have not acquired.

People who are not contented cannot do the will of God nor follow him because He will always appear too slow, too daft or too old-fashioned for them. That is one extreme. The other is that the lazy and slothful hide under this scripture and cover their failures with it. They should know this: God desires the very best for His people in EVERY aspect of life and good living. He just wants it at His own time, at His own pace and for His own purpose. If that is good enough for you, then you wouldn't err.

Reference:

Everything part of this statement is good, honorable and desirable. The only part that is the problem is the first word, MY. This is where God has a problem with us. Liken it to this. I have a poultry where I raise chicks. It is my desire to have fully grown, healthy birds at an appointed time. I'm sure my birds agree with this so they eat voraciously as I give them food. The problem arises when it is time for me to get my money back. If the birds say well, thank you sir for all the food but I want to be set free like my colleagues roaming the bush to do what I like. In this case, how will I as the owner feel?

Material things are never the problem in themselves. The problem is unto what purpose. What is the end game If we cannot be accountable to God, then its better if we did not exist or He did not invest in us at all in the first place. Contentment simply acknowledges you have an owner who dictates the pace of your life and appoints a final destination. Just eat what he gives you an shut up.

afam4eva: My lifelong dream is to be a billonaire. It's not because i'm not content but because i want to be in a position to help the less privileged.