Like I said, I started chasing a rabbit.  We were in I Tim. 6: 12 and the discussion was about fighting the good fight of faith, laying hold on to eternal life… and then I got off on faith and what it meant to have faith, and about faith that produces fruit. And there was really no good place to stop.  So I will just go back to where we were in Timothy and chase that faith rabbit another day.

Timothy 6:17-19 "Charge them that are rich in this world, that they are not high-minded nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may hold on to eternal life."   Let's break this up into pieces.

1.  If you are fed, clothed, housed and comfortable, you didn't get there on your own.  So don't get high-minded thinking you are "all that".
2.  It could all vanish in a heartbeat.  God is your supplier.
3.  Enjoy, but share (distribute), do good works.
4.  Communicate that your blessings are from God.  And that blessings are not necessarily "stuff".
5.  Lay up treasure in heaven.
6.  Be sure you have built on a strong foundation, because there is going to be a reckoning, a time to come. Your eternal life will not be based on how much money you made.

The Methodists have a song that they used to sing called "To the Work, to the work".  You are saved to serve.

So I am through looking at I Timothy.