If you have more, you want more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Does every human being have this problem ?
Many people who have less, have less problem wanting more, than those who have more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Question:
Is it really easier to be content, when you start getting more, and more ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consider the frequent statement of people commenting on their years growing up ‘poor’:
“We didn’t know we were poor, because we had each other, we had family.”
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Does every human being want more ?
Severely persecuted Christians gain a perspective for us to ponder, on this question.
More than anything else, they ask us to pray—
— pray that they are not forgotten.
— pray that they will forgive their persecutors.
— pray for strong faith, to endure, and to continue boldly witnessing for Jesus
— pray, not for their deliverance, but for their perseverance
— pray for non-persecuted Christians to experience the closer, sweeter walk with Jesus like they have through their persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That takes care of the human condition of wanting more than we need.
When all is stripped away that we usually want more of, then we want to be closer to Jesus, and closer to other Christians, through suffering and sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.”
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How much do we want ?
How much do we need ?
How much, to be content ?
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Have less—Have more.
Have more—Want more.
Pray for . . . More ?
Pray for . . . Contentment ?
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I recently realized that ninety percent of my prayers were asking God to make life easier.
Valid prayers ?—but there’s a higher plane.
Praying for more ?—or praying for contentment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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