Rodent Regatta

You can learn a great deal about a person by watching how they respond when God asks them to give something up. You can tell even more about a person when you realize how strongly they believe God wants them to have more and to give nothing up.

The life of privilege seems to them to be one of the signs that they have been blessed with God’s favor. Few ever examine whether they are a product of their own maneuvering, or whether God has simply allowed them to accumulate when He actually desires more from us.

Too often materialism is allowed to be the idol in a person’s life. The arrogance of so many of those who have much is surpassed only by the vigor with which they defend their right to have and possess.