1 Timothy 6:3-5
Rebecca Lightfoot
After giving a call for staying a course for “TRUE NORTH” in our lives,1Timothy6:3-5 talks about the very thing that is at the root of stealing us away from “TRUE NORTH”!1Tim6:3-5,”If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth(The Word of God), imagining that godliness is a means of gain.”.This reminds me of what I heard Pastor Tony Evans say during an interview about one of his books.Tony Evans said,”....if you are not regularly digging into God’s Word to learn what God has on HIS Heart for you personally....,then do not read my book....until you are regularly feeding on The Word of God and tuning into HIS Spirit through prayer...,do not read my book.”.The point Tony Evans is making is relative to these verses in 1Timothy! With the plethora of “Christian Resources & Materials” available to us today,there is an overwhelming abundance of “information&knowledge” that we need to have discernment about,& prepare ourselves for by seeking the discernment that God offers us through HIS Word,HIS Spirit,&HIS Creation!This is what 1Tim6:3 tells us->”If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness...”(The Word of God!)!SO,we need to have a regular digging into God’s Word too have the right/appropriate tools that enable us to rightly discern any “information/knowledge” that comes against “the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness..”!During the course of his day on the open ocean,a sailor will regularly pull out his sextant and get a true reading of his position...so he can make adjustments in his sails & rudder that will either keep him on the right course or correct his drifting due to the change in winds and currents(drifting from TRUE information&drifting from TRUE knowledge)and get him back on the RIGHT course.In our hearts/minds/lives we need to do the same thing...as Joshua1:8 says also,”This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it(set the sails and rudder of our heart/mind life).For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success(we will have a RIGHT course for our heart/mind/life).Dear Lord,I pray for Your Spirit to help me to be prepared for all things that seek to draw me off the RIGHT course for my life....may I have Your HELP in drawing me ever closer to You through Your Word & Your Spirt,so I will truly know the joys of meditating in Your Word and observing Your Word in my heart/mind/life.