Never Enough

The Million Dollar Life

By William M. Self

The cry of never enough

Never enough time, money, love

Is a retirement mentality

God has given you more than enough

So you will never retire from building His Kingdom

 

Never Enough

It seems we find ourselves too often

in the place of “never enough”.

Never enough time, money, love.

The never enough mentality is a retirement mentality.

It is a dissatisfied lifestyle with achievement.

Jesus tells a parable about a man who got enough.

He was a farmer and had a bumper crop.

He built bigger barns so he could store it.

It became his retirement.

He now had time and money and

 can eat, drink and be merry.

Sounds great, he had enough “BUT”…

This made God angry.

God said you have enough, ok, and ended his earthy

life because he had nothing worthwhile to life for.

It is no secret that many people die shortly after retirement.

God made you and I to be productive,

always multiplying the productivity of life.

Not only for ourselves, but for others.

The Million Dollar Life is

having your “heart enlightened”…

To see the riches of God’s glorious inheritance.

These riches are to make you and

I the believers and saints powerful.

The enlightened heart is full of hope.

The enlightened heart sees we don’t need

 barns to store tomorrow’s provisions in…

Because all our treasures are stored in

heaven and we cannot exhaust them.

Jesus reminds us that God takes care

of the flowers and birds every day.

And He will take care of us, as well.

Although God has given us many things, He does not

want us to have the handout or entitlement mentality.

God’s promise to us is, if we seek to build

 His kingdom, a world of righteousness…

God will give us all the things others work so hard in life for.

So if God had given you enough to live on for the

next several years, what are you going to do with it.

Will you retire or build His Kingdom?    

 

Scripture Reading

Ephesians 1:18-23 NIV

18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

Luke 12:16-21 NIV

16 And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17 He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'    18 "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '  20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' 21 "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself

 but is not rich toward God." 

Luke 12:22-34 NIV

22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing,

why do you worry about the rest?

27 "Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.