Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Luke 12:15 Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. In the USA we have lost our minds. We think we need all this stuff. We think we are suffering when we don’t have all this stuff. We expect luxury or we are bitter. We expect entertainment or we are bored. We expect pleasure or we are frustrated. We expect the latest and greatest technology or we are deprived. We expect a feast at every meal, sumptuous, delicious, large quantities, all the best, the food we like and the drinks we like. How much of your time do you spend thinking about stuff you want? Looking at stuff you want? How much time do you spend shopping? How much time do you spend ordering stuff online? How often do you think about the next thing you need. When you closets are full. You own multiple computers, televisions, appliances, tools, weapons, equipment, vehicles. How much of your money do you spend buying stuff that does not give life? when you could have spent that money on feeding and clothing or housing the poor? When you could have spent it on evangelism and missions? When you could have spent it on medical services for those without? Or the education of those without proper education? How devastated would you be if you lost all these things that you have? Even if you lost some of them? How many bad choices are we making every single day because we can’t give up all this luxury? How many bad choices are we making because we are so greedy for a big enough income to keep all this stuff ? and maybe even upgrade soon? How many of us are desperate to maintain this lifestyle? Frightened to lost it. Even when God calls. Life is to be given away out of love for God. Money is to be given away out of love for God. Stuff is to be given away out of love for God. We find real life when we give away our lives and money and stuff out of love for God. Not when we buy stuff. Not when we take in stuff. Not when we get better stuff. Not when we get bigger stuff.