Jesus - Breakfast of Champions

Ok, so I'm sitting in the local I-Hop over the weekend. I get seated in a booth next to a nice older couple. They are talking alot about business, finances, money moving, stock options, buy-outs. Before long I get the picture that these two are money hungry and very savvy business types. Thier meal arrives, and they bow thier heads to pray.. and not just one of those punk little 'God is great, God is good let us thank Him for this Food' kinda prayers. He prayed. It was eloquent. I had a change of heart for a minute. 'Hmm, maybe I misread this money hungry bastard and his wife'. Sure enough, as they were quietly eating breakfast a friend walks up talking about church, and then real estate. The guy begins to brag to his friend he's looking for a modest home in his price range - you know, 1.2 million or so. He then procedes to belittle the I-hop staff, the poor girl serving them had no chance for redemption in thier eyes. They left, leave a rather modest tip for such a wealthy tycoon as he was, or thought he should be.

Problem? We serve one God. He provides what we need in life. Why are we so compelled to bust our butts for the cause of a dollar, (that also means you, tv evangelist types!) rather than our humble position in Christ? Some will reply, "but wouldn't God want to bless His children with abundance?" Of course He does, if we're not so self centered as to mis-manage His funds.

Jesus said this, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"

Stop being so greedy. Just live and be happy.
Chris Crane