Mine! Mine! Mine!

Good Morning! 1John 2:16-17 For everything in the world-the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not from the Father but from the world. THE WORLD AND ITS DESIRES PASS AWAY, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.I don't care who you are, LUST is a part of our lives. Do you know somebody who has everything? And they want to make sure you know they have everything. Or how about someone who really doesn't have much, but they want to put off like they do? Or how about that person who has just what's needed to live happily, but that is not enough! It is funny how we are never satisfied with what we have. We are not happy until something or someone we want is ours, so we can say its MINE! LUST is a funny thing, it is never satisfied. I want to give you an example! I know a lady here in town that won a Million Dollars on the Lottery! Now let me ask you? If you won a Million Dollars on the Lottery would you quit playing? I would like to say I would! But the truth is I don't know! But the point I am trying to make is she hasn't. I see her everyday still out there trying to win more. And like it did to me, this lust to have more has turned into an addiction for her! You see we are all driven by lust to have more. Even when we are doing good things for people alot of times it is driven by the lust to have Recognition for the things we have done. You see the world tells us we must have more and what is not mine, I must make mine! The world wants to tell us that if you don't have things, you are a nobody. Peter tells us in 1Pet 2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. You see we are at war, not with anybody or anything. We are at war with ourselves and that MINE Desire! So today ask yourself what are your desires? Are they to please the Lord your God? Or are they to please the God of this world with all his Lusts and Desires. When you are working today are you doing it for the Lord? Or are you doing it so you can hoard your money away in a Bank Account or you can go buy something you want? And if you do have all the things in life, but you don't share them with anyone. I have to say I am thankful today for what I have. Its not much, but it is what the Lord has given me! Because something I have to remember is none of it is MINE! It is all His! HABD!