More

More. Our sin nature seems to always crave more. More money, more status, more love, more stuff!  We seem to be satisfied with not being satisfied. I was scanning through the channels last night and came across the show Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandel. As I watched the show, the gentleman playing made it to the last five cases with some big money still on the board. He was offered six figures to bow out but his need for more pushed him to turn it down and keep pressing his luck. It turned out that he made the wrong choice and ended with the $10 case, all because he wanted more.

“For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world.” - 1 John 2:16. Part of the issue is our lust for the flesh and the eyes and the other part of the problem is the world tells us we need more.

That verse shows us that the problem lies within our sinful nature. Things we see are things we end up lusting after. That new car that drives by catches our eye and all of a sudden we talk ourselves into how old our current car is and the need we have to want more. Our flesh wants to be satisfied and our eyes tempt our flesh to fulfill those desires to have more

“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” - Hebrews 13:5.  We defeat the desire to have more with having contentment with what God has blesses us with. There is no sin in having things, that’s not what I’m saying, the sin is in the desire to want more. If God blesses us with material things then so be it, but we should have grateful hearts and be content in our lives.

The gentleman on Deal or No Deal kept pushing for more because he wasn’t content with the six figures that they offered him. He kept saying how much that money could help him financially but the list of the flesh, the list of the eyes, and the pride of life kept him from stopping. The world (the audience) kept pushing him to go for more and the world was wrong. He left with so little money he couldn’t even fill up his gas tank.

We need to look at our situations and be really honest with ourselves to see if we are content or if we are following our lusts and listening to the world. Take inventory of your life and thank God for all you have and be content in your life. “Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.  I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.” - Philippians 4:11-12.

Have a great day and God bless.