In His Presence..........

  Luke 12:15 TPT ‘Be alert and guard your heart from greed and always wishing for what you don’t have. For your life can never be measured by the amount of things you possess.’ Human beings have the tendency to keep acquiring and wanting more, no matter how much we have, we must have more, more shoes, more clothes, more bags, more money, more things, more status, more Instagram followers, more education, more ,more and more. Please don’t get me wrong it’s ok to want more, but when we want more to the point where we live in a state of discontentment and envy which is covetousness and greed we have crossed the line. The Oxford dictionary describes covetousness as ‘ the feeling of having a strong desire for the things that other people have’ . Greed on the other hand is described as ‘ a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power etc than a person needs’. The times that we are in has made it increasingly easy for us to be covetous. Social media is a big and major contributor to

  Imagine this scenario, a woman is very upset with her 16 year old daughter because she left her room very untidy in the morning before leaving the house, her daughter responds ‘mum I am sorry but I was in a hurry, I had a 9am appointment, and besides I don’t like using that broom we have to sweep, it’s too short we need to get a better broom’. The day after her room is left untidy again, this time even worse than the previous day. What do you think happened? Maybe her mum’s rebuke didn’t even make her remorseful, so it didn’t activate any change? but what if she cleaned up the room the next day, but grudgingly? It still didn’t activate any change because the change must come from the heart. If the heart is not right, then the actions will not be right. Isaiah 66: 2 ‘“For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist,” says the Lord. But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.’ God desires to dwell with pe