Desiring Less
DESIRING LESS From Jesus' teaching (the Sermon on the Mount): "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." MATTHEW 6:24 (NIV) And from the pen of G. K. Chesterton: "There are two ways to get enough; one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." [How does this translate into our worship life as Christians? If thoughts of material things command the greater part of our attention and energy, can we really be serving and worshiping the Master as we should? I find that as I ascribe worth and honor to our loving and sovereign God, he allows me to desire less of the distractions, less of the other gods. But the struggle for the throne continues.] Have a great week, Chip Stam |