MORE IS NOT BETTER
I Tim. 6:8-9 So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be
content. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by
many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. NLT
It’s hard to be
content with what we have in life, isn’t it?
We live in a culture that promotes discontentment. We are told daily that we don’t have enough,
that life would be so much better if we had more and better things. We are conditioned to think that more is
better. We live our lives with the
distorted belief that a lot of “stuff” will satisfy our souls and then wonder
why we can never find peace and joy in our living when we get it.
The trap of pursuing
more is so subtle that few are even aware of its dangers. In order to get what we think we want, we
have to compromise so much of our souls.
When corners are cut to get ahead, they soon become a part of our
thinking. When we let ourselves do
things that we know are wrong for personal gain, we soon lose our consciousness
about them being wrong. Soon we begin to
do other things that are wrong in other areas of our lives and we become a
people barely recognizable from whom we were before we started out on our
journey.
It is imperative for
the health of our souls that we operate always from godly principles. Compromising God’s ways for personal gain
will not only damage but eventually, it will destroy our souls. We will become hardened to the truth and
become enemies of God.
I challenge you to
examine your heart today. Is there any
area of your life where you have taken the easy and convenient path at the
expense of the integrity of your heart?
Are you living a godly life in all you do? Are you striving always to please God rather
than yourself or others?
God blesses those who
learn to be content and thankful with what He provides. More is not better.
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