Are you satisfied with what you have?

Tom was excited. He had been saving up for over a year and was finally able to buy his own car. It was 15 years old and needed a good bit of work, but it was his. He looked at the car with pride…that is, until his buddy, Eric, drove up in a new Mustang. All of the sudden, his car was an embarrassment and he was irritated.

Envy is wanting what others have…or is it?

However, envy isn’t actually so much about what others have.

It’s really about not being content with what you have.

When Eric drove up in his new car, nothing had changed about Tom’s car except Tom’s perception of it. Instead of being proud of what he had worked so hard for, he was now embarrassed because it wasn’t a shiny new muscle car. He was no longer satisfied with what he had. He wanted something like what Eric had.

God blesses us with so much.

Sometimes He gives us a lot and sometimes little. The question isn’t how to get more. It’s how to be content with what you have. The apostle Paul put it this way: