Is that all?

1 Timothy 6:11-16

Instead of pursuing riches, Paul tells Timothy to pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Timothy is to fight to attain these things until the appearing of Jesus Christ. I could easily spend my whole life pursuing one of these things. Actually, I'm sure I could spend my whole life studying what just one of these things means exactly. The sense that I get from this passage is that this fight is supposed to be a long, steady one - more of a long, steady climb rather than interval training. This is not good news for me - I get really bored on long, steady climbs; they are the type of execercise that I hate the most!!
It amazes me that money and the pursuit of riches has had such a hold on humanity from ancient times until the present. This passage (and the one preceding it) could have been written directly to us today.