More, More, More

Submission, and humility are two words so very hard to understand, so very hard to apply, so very hard to live with. I think it starts all they way back in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve wanted the knowledge of the tree, they were decieved but also deep within they wanted more. We all want more don't we?
More education, more money, more home, more clothes, more health, more shoes, more car, more, more, more......

Contentment could be the attribute we all lack, Contentment could be the answer to submission and humility and most every problem out there.

"Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me." Phil 4:11-13
We all love the last part, but do we read and contemplate on the first part of this scripture?

Someone once told me and I remember these words clearly, "if you are not content now in this moment with what you have, you will never be content even with more." you see it isn't a state of lack that gets us, it's a state of want, a state of desire, a state of discontent deep within us that gets us, maybe it does go all they way beck to the Garden, and even before.  God had to throw angels out of heaven for their want of more, more power, more control, more.
The same concept goes for the rich and the poor, the poor want more and live in a state of discontentment often striving for more, hoarding, saving what they have, and living guarded lives of preservation. The poor live in a state of need, and want, guarded, striving, wanting, needing, but both can have contentment if they want it. Contentment is a product of the heart, not circumstance, not the lot in life, but character.

What were the disciples doing when Jesus told him he was going to the cross and going to die,  but trying to figure out who was the greatest. They wanted more, more power, more adoration, more love, just more.  We all desire validation which is not a characteristic of humility. We all desire to be adored, appreciated, esteemed, but why?


The reason why submission and humility are so hard is because we work towards contentment through submission to Jesus Christ and believing through humility that his sovereignty will keep us. He has a plan and his plan is perfect. He knows us personally, and even knows the numbers of hair on our heads and when we grasp that concept and can cling to it, we can begin the journey towards humility.

If you want to read more, read Philippians chapter 2-4