Less is More

1 Timothy 6:6 says “Godliness is actually of great gain WHEN accompanied by contentment”

Contentment it seems has left our society and do I dare say the church…we tend to spend more time looking at what we don’t have rather then being grateful for what we do have. The message the world gives is you need “more” to be happy but “more” never ends; it is a bottomless pit of striving and hope deferred. Even in the good things we desire to do we can move into discontentment. I love to dream and have so much vision that it is overwhelming at times. I must confess I spend too much energy and time dreaming of what could be “if only” we had money. I sometimes think “What if I actually spent that time actually working on the vision or praying into it and waiting on the Lord to release it.”

The fact is that God gives us everything we need to live out HIS plans for our lives. Everything is from HIM for HIM. So tonight I began looking at what HE has done in our lives and ministry and thanking HIM and I was blown away with how much HE has done with very little. I pondered what if someone had handed us a money order for a million dollars - would we have even stopped to say thank you? Would we have built a shrine to our great leadership? Or worse, would we have missed the Lord of the work for the sake of the work of the Lord?!? Less Is More in so many ways - less wishing - more believing…less complaining - more thanking…less taking - more giving…less me - more GOD…you get the idea! In verse 7 it goes on to say we came into the world with nothing and we can take nothing out of it either.

So here is my confession…I am content with whatever JESUS has for me! Less or More it is all yours JESUS!

Mark Gordon excels at encouraging and releasing others into greater freedom and destiny in their lives. Mark is a homebody who can be found sitting on his deck relaxing throughout Kelowna's great summers.