Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal and so dishonor the name of my God.
Proverbs 30:8-9
There’s a striving for more that dishonors God and there’s having too much that turns our dependence from God. Yet, just like Goldilocks, there is ‘just enough’ that proves our trust in God alone.
Maybe it’s like this all over the world or maybe it’s like this just here in America, but many feel like they never have enough, they want to keep up with the Joneses and so keep striving for MORE. In the striving, the site of God is far off, the willingness to do whatever it takes to have more overrides it. Some of the things may be illegal, but more so, some of the ways may be legal but not Right. Like taking from the poor to give to ourselves, like utilizing money designated for people in need to help deepen our own pockets. Yet, when we do this we are dishonoring God. We are telling Him we don’t trust Him to give us what we need, that His Will for us is not good enough. In doing so, we are hurting those we’ve been called to help.
And yet, there is also MORE than enough. With more than enough we tend to forget God, we forget that He was the one that provided and only see how we have provided in our own right. We feel no reason to depend on Him because we have more than we need and we think we can do it all on our own.
In both circumstances, we minimize God and maximize money. We idolize the god of money and forget the God of Creation, Salvation, and Eternity.
Even Jesus knew our tendency to turn to not enough or more than enough, and so He tells us to pray for Just Enough.
“He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
Luke 11:2-4
Our daily bread, our manna, just what we need when we need it. Just Enough. Jesus wants us to depend on Him, to trust in Him, because He gives to us out of love and He knows what we need.
Even Paul recognizes the desire for more and in having much, yet in all of this He acknowledges the Giver and remains content in both, not wanting more and utilizing all he has for God’s Glory.
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:12-13
Just Enough is the basis of trust in and glorification of God the Father. Knowing that Just Enough is more than enough from Him. Out of His LOVE He provides all we need. When we find contentment in Just Enough we find Joy and Gratefulness in all we have.
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