"Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither
poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and
deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord?" Pro 30:8-9
What the heart desires the
mind will orchestrate. in Gen 2:9, the tree in Eden was described as
"pleasant in sight" to Eve and yet in Gen 3:9 Eve's sight turned into
a desire for what would be destructive for her. Eve saw the attraction of
wisdom, in case of the tree, as something she desired beyond what God had given
her and allowed her discontentment to derail her. Not all that is
pleasing to the eye is pleasing for the soul. C.S. Lewis states,
"God cannot give us peace and happiness apart from Himself, because it is
not there, there is no such thing." Solomon states in Ecc 5:10 "He that loveth
silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with
increase: this is also vanity." Paul tells us in Phl 4, learn to
be content in whatsoever state you are in.
He who finds himself
discontent with what he has will find himself discontent with what he doesn't
have.
Psa 73:25 "Whom I have in heaven but thee? And there is none upon
earth i desire beside thee."
HSAY...Todd
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