“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have,” {why?} “because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'”
I find it fascinating that this amazing, courage-inspiring promise God gave Joshua is what He inspired the writer of Hebrews to quote in the context of contentment. The reason we don’t need to love money or stress about provision is because He’ll never leave us. Of course, there are things we need to do to cooperate with Him, such as seeking His Kingdom and His righteousness first (Matt 6:33), humbling ourselves (IPet5:6), and choosing to be faithful with others’ and a little (Luke 16:10-12) if we ever expect to be put in charge of our own and much.
But even if {when?} we fail these things, He doesn’t leave us. His Spirit can be quenched and grieved, but He’s still our Father. He may discipline us as children He loves (Heb12:6), but He won’t forsake us. That’s definitely a reason not to love money for the seeming-power or deceitful-security it may bring (Luke 12:13-21).
I hope it goes without saying that these things I write are for myself as much as (or more than) for anyone who may read it. It helps me to investigate and seek out things in the Word, and write it out. Never wonder if I’m directing something at you (whoever you are reading this) in some sort of passive-aggressive way. Nope. It’s almost always for myself, and if it speaks to someone else, awesome.
Have a good day!