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    Sermonettes 27
    BE CONTENT WITH
    WHAT YOU HAVE
    by Martin R. De Haan

    "One's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses"
    (Luke 12:15, NIV)
    .

    Philip Parham tells the story of a rich industrialist who was disturbed to find a fisherman sitting lazily beside his boat. "Why aren't you out there fishing?" he asked.

    "Because I've caught enough fish for today," said the fisherman.

    "Why don't you catch more fish than you need?" the rich man asked.

    "What would I do with them?"

    "You could earn more money," came the impatient reply, "and buy a better boat so you could go deeper and catch more fish. You could purchase nylon nets, catch even more fish, and make more money. Soon you'd have a fleet of boats and be rich like me."

    The fisherman asked, "Then what would I do?"

    "You could sit down and enjoy life," said the industrialist.

    "What do you think I'm doing now?" the fisherman replied as he looked placidly out to sea.

    My first father-in-law was a rich industrialist and his philosophy was to work as hard as one could and earn as much money as possible. He spent almost his whole life at his job and had little time for anything else. He expected me to have the same philosophy of life. And I dare say this is the belief of the majority of people in the secular world.

    But what the world does not for some reason understand is that if we live only to accumulate wealth, we'll never get enough. We'll work more and more frantically until we collapse.

    Happiness does not come in the abundance of possessions. We should work to sufficiently provide for the needs of our family and to generate some surplus for the benefit of the poor. But we should not go overboard. Our first and greatest priority is seeking for the Kingdom of God. Let us not, moreover, be so busy preparing for a rainy day that we miss the sunshine! Let the Kingdom be your career and your job the means to provide the necessities of life.

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