IF ONLY I HAVE MORE...

Compiled by
Felix Opom Chimeremeze Jn

We are living in a world where there is an insatiable demand for power, wealth and pleasure, even at grassroots level. This gets compounded by bad governance and lack of love among the citizenry which of course, result in abject poverty for the masses. Yet we are rich, rich in God and rich in ourselves because each one of us possesses tremendous wealth! Needed only is self-exploration.

Many people today are living far below expectation because of the belief that they do not have enough at their disposal. Hence, we constantly hear such phrases as: if only I had more cars, more children, more clothes, more money, more time...
The question now is, if now I have more cars, money, wives and children, what would I do with them? Can I ever dream of more time than I have now? A look at the clock reveals that each one is blessed with a total of eighty six thousand four hundred (86,400) seconds daily, six hundred and four thousand eight hundred (604,800) seconds weekly and over sixteen million (16.9m) seconds monthly. What do you do with each second as it rolls-by? Yet we crave for more, probably to sin more!
It is time we stopped craving for more and concentrate on what we have. It is time we used the time and other resources at our disposal properly. It is time we started appreciating God instead of complaining. Note: it is ever God's pleasure to show His power by extracting success from unpromising conditions and by accomplishing His greatest projects with inadequate instruments. So, with the little we have, we could do more.

If God had meant more for you, He would have added it, since when reproaching David for his greed, said “...I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master's house and your wives into your hands, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more!” (2 Sam 12:7-8).
The God who gave you one or more child, car, clothing, house, and whatever is yours today gave them to you for a purpose. Why not let His purpose come alive in you by concentrating on them. His words shall never cease to accomplish its purpose, yet it may seem delayed in your sight but God is always on time. HE DOES IT WHEN IT IS BEST TO BE. Keep working as you wait for the best that is yet to come. “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” (Isa 55:10-11). You could be delaying God's intention for you with your complaints and incessant cravings for more. “An unexamined life is not worth living.” How often do you examine your life? If you cannot prove yourself with little things, why should you receive more? Stop craving for more BUT CREATE MORE WITH YOUR LITTLE. May the Lord the of harvest bless us with abundant harvest. PF