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We are literally working ourselves to death to possess things for which we have no use in order to impress people we don’t even like. We use about 20 percent of our possessions, but we maintain 100 percent of them. That’s the danger of materialism. You start out owning things, but before long they end up owning you! Sometimes it gets so bad that you can’t give up a single thing, not even to save your soul. The only way to combat this ever-expanding consumerism is to deliberately buy less and give more away.
“People who want to get rich fall into temptation…But godliness with contentment is great gain.”
— 1 Timothy 6:9 and 6
Lord Jesus, teach us to be thankful for what we have rather than always wanting more. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.