Wanting More

“What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?”
~Matthew 16:26

In our sermon Sunday, Pastor preached that people today live to gain the world. While he let us know that there is nothing wrong with “things”, it’s wrong to LIVE for them.
Good advice. When is enough enough?

He gave more than a few examples on how we invest more in THIS world, but went on to give a big clear example of someone who never had enough.”

This is from a magazine article that Bill Hybels wrote some time ago. See if you can figure out whom he’s talking about. “All he ever wanted was more. He wanted more money, so he parlayed inherited wealth into a billion dollar pile of assets. He wanted more fame, so he broke into the Hollywood scene and soon became a film-maker and star. He wanted more central pleasures, so he paid handsome sums to indulge his every sexual fantasy. He wanted more thrills, so he designed, built, and piloted the fastest aircraft in the world.

“He wanted more power, so he secretly dealt political favours so skilfully, that two U.S. presidents became his pawns. All he ever wanted was more. He was absolutely convinced that more would bring him true satisfaction. Unfortunately, history shows otherwise. This man concluded his life emaciated, colourless, sunken chest, fingernails in grotesque, inches-long corkscrews, rotting black teeth, tumors, innumerable needle marks from his drug addiction.”

Anybody want to guess who this is? None other than Howard Hughes – the recluse billionaire. The world’s richest man died believing the myth of more – a billionaire junkie, insane by all reasonable standards. It’s the same story. You’ve got to ask yourself the question: If Howard Hughes had pulled off one more deal, made one more million dollars, had one more powerful politician in his hip pocket, would it have been enough? Would it ever have been enough?

The billionaire on his death bed, wanted more.

Pastor went on to say, “Life on this side is so fragile, we should be posturing ourselves for the other side, invest in the eternal.”

How much are you caught up in temporal of this side instead of the eternal?