Time. Money. Talent. Sleep. Compassion. Christ. Gluten!!

Strange list, I know, if you look at them in isolation. But these are things that at some point in the recent past I’ve probably wanted more of. Really, what do I have that I don’t want more of? Okay, besides sin.

Last week I was working on the house and I cut my finger. Not enough to need stitches, but probably darn close. Would I want more of that? Well, now that I can look back on it, the first thing I did when I went back at the task I was doing was to SLOW DOWN. So, cutting my finger in a way was a good thing. Slowing down meant I probably wouldn’t cut my finger again, but it also probably resulted in a better job at what I was doing.

A couple weeks before that, Lori and I had to put one of our greyhounds down. I don’t really want more death. And yet, what is my response? I know I prayed more. I placed a higher value on family, on the now. I reflected on what it meant to be alive.

What got me thinking about “more” was something I heard yesterday in church: “We trust in a God who wants to give us more.” Thanks Bruce Becker.

How many times, in my want for more, do I take that desire to God? He wants to give me more of the good stuff, in hopes that I will use it to increase His kingdom. And almost as important, He wants me to wisely use what He has already blessed me with.

Just maybe, sometimes, I don’t get “more” because I haven’t been good steward of what He has already lavished on me.

Matthew 25:23 – “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’”

Pretty sure I want to share in the Master’s happiness.

In His service,
Keith

Ps… for those of you who don’t know, around February I “discovered” I had developed an intolerance to gluten. Lucky me. Sure God has a reason for this… somewhere.