Stuff is addicting. Once you buy something you think will make you happy, you soon find out that happiness is fleeting. So you have to get something else. And then something else. And again and again and again. "Stuff" is a thief that steals and kills and destroys. It lies to us to make us believe that we need it and that our lives are happier with it.
In reality, it takes our life away, making our life meaningless. We spend our time, effort and money protecting, organizing and cleaning our stuff. But once we get rid of it, we find we have more time, more money and less fear. We can experience life to its fullest when we don't have things holding us back.
When Jesus talked about having a full life, he didn't mean, "full of stuff"; he meant full of experiences. And we can't fully experience life as long as we are slaves to our stuff.
Lord Jesus,
Give us a thirst for a full life of experiences, not a life full of stuff. Amen.
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