There's nothing cool about turning against God. There's nothing fun or cute or right about compromising who God wanted you to be.

On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction.

If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so you can stock up on capri pants for next summer or afford a leather interior in the new SUV.

If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so you can stock up on capri pants for next summer or afford a leather interior in the new SUV. As long as you don't own the responsibility of being blessed with resources so that you can give to those around you, then you can stay focused on getting more for yourself.

You must long for God more than normal. You must be willing to live to give, not live to gain.

And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different you will be.

You don't believe He knows what's best for you: that rest will make you more productive and more spiritually healthy.

If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it's because you have a spiritual problem.

God's blessings, however, aren't always bigger, better, and beautiful. In fact, I truly believe that God gifts His chosen leaders with a very unusual blessing. You might even call it a weird blessing because most of the time we call it...a burden.