I was going through the drive-thru the other day at a local fast food restaurant and as I ordered I started thinking. I ordered a value meal and then asked to up size it. You know it seems that in America we can’t be satisfied with things the way they are. We always need to super size, upgrade, bigger or better almost everything. Just take a look at any fast food menu, go large for only 50 cents more. Even in Nice restaurants it seems that you can order a larger portion but very rarely do you see an offer to order a smaller portion. Food is not the only thing that we want bigger and better. There are TV’s, computers, game systems, and of course cell phones. But we can’t leave out the bigger cars and houses or especially the more, more, and more channels on your dish or cable that we “need”.
This all started me on the tract of thinking why do we want more and bigger of all these things that just consume and waste our time and are unhealthy for us in so many ways. You know we are always looking for that better and newer thing. This thought of more and bigger and better falls into the category of materialism or mammon. The Bible tells us that we can only serve one master because if we try to serve two then we will end up hating one or the other. (Luke 16:23)
Well, unfortunately we all do it at one time or another (I’m right in the middle of that group). We try to love and serve the Lord and love and serve our desires to keep up with the world, and not all of the time, but some of it (come on you know you do it every once in a while.) God gets put to the side or back burner or forgotten altogether when we are seeking bigger, better and more. I have one simple challenge for us, well OK it may not be simple. When we get that “more and more” bug, try to think in the lines of MORE GOD! When I say more God I mean more of God and more for God.
The Bible says that if we seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness then all these things will be added unto us. (Matthew 6:33) I don’t think that this necessarily means we will get all these things but I do know that if we are seeking MORE GOD then these things won’t be so important to us. Who knows maybe God will surprise us with a little treat once in a while.
What do you have to lose by seeking God first? A more complete satisfying life? A better relationship with the one who created you and loves you more than you could ever know or deserve? The possibility of changing your life in such a way that you in-advertently or purposely can be used by God to influence someone else to make a decision that may change their life and eternity?
Think about it. MORE OF GOD!
MORE FOR GOD!
MORE GOD!!
-Pastor Sean