Use or Be Used

Luke 12:15 "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist of the abundance of his possessions."

Notice that Jesus did not say "be on your guard against all possessions." It's not wrong to own things, it is wrong when things own you. It's not wrong to have possessions but it is wrong when those possessions possess you.

Think about it this way. If you lost everything in a flood or fire would you be lost? Where do you get your satisfaction? Where does your real source come from? Where is your heart?

Things are tools. Use tools to accomplish God's will instead of getting God to give you things to accomplish yours! It's not things that is the problem but greed. Greed says "I've gotta have this to be happy." The heart walking with the Spirit says "I've gotta have God to be happy."

Jesus gives us the key later in the same chapter: "29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you."

Pastor Tom