Less Can Be Better

This morning I read from Proverbs 15:16-17; "Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure with trouble. Better is a dinner of vegetables where there is love than a fatted calf with hatred." We live in a day and time when more is usually considered better. However, in God's economy less is often better. For instance these verses make it clear that it is better to live with humble means and fear the Lord and have the love of those you share it with than to have affluent means and have much trouble and hatred in ones life.

This principle has come to life in our family the past couple of months. When Jess resigned from the church we immediately lost the bulk of our families income. God faithfully provided a job for Jess building fence but the income is less than half of what his salary at the church was. We immediately began to trim our living expenses to fit into our new budget. There are things we are doing without but our faith is stronger than ever and love permeates our house. So even though we have less than we did we count ourselves blessed and better since our faith has been deepened and our love for one another intensified.

If you are reading this it is my prayer that you will desire God and love Him more than stuff. I pray you will find that even though the world screams "more is better" you will realise that in God's kingdom less can be better and less of the world and more of God and love is always better.