“[1] What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? [2] You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. [3] When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” (James 4:1-3)
Worldly ambitions can be very destructive to our lives and relationship. We have been through office politics, got caught between power struggles and seen or heard of terrible incidents which caused friends to turn from each other.
The things that God want us to go after is very different from the world. Instead of chasing after the wealth and possessions in the world, God want us to seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness.
Instead of loving ourselves, God want us to put others' interest before ours.
I asked myself, “what do I lack, that God has not already provided?” I think God has given all that I ever needed in my life. Other things are just “wants” and do not help me in glorifying God.
Desire is a bottomless put which will make us want more and more.
So instead of desiring the world, which could never ever satisfy us, why not turn our desire to God and have Him satisfy us.
Let us be God focused, that all our needs could be met, and all the glory could be given to Him.
Amen.
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