More Than Enough

"Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.'"
-John 4:13-14a
      This post is going to similar to the one I did on entertainment, just slightly different. I've continued reading "The Jesus Creed" by McKnight and he brings up a point I think about a lot. Today I want to talk about desiring things. More specifically, desiring more than enough. Many people would agree that they want things. I personally want a lot of things; a car, basketball, xbox games, new clothes, and money in case I want to buy more things. We all desire a of things, and we also want money so that we can continue to buy more things. Why?
      The reason I ask why is because we already have enough things. Think about it; if you are reading this you have to be alive, and more likely, you are pretty well off. This really bothered me for a long time and still bothers me a little bit. Why do we want more things if we already have plenty? Animals and creatures don't want more than they need, so why should we? Why can't we be satisfied with food water and shelter? Why do we need more and more things?
      The only explanation I could come up with was summarized very well in "The Jesus Creed". To summarize, the reason we feel like we always need more is because of the deep yearnings in our spirit. What makes people different than animals is that we have a need for meaning in life that is eternal. This need is the source of the hunger for the meaning of life, and it refuses to be satisfied with any meaning less than the eternal.
      The bible says that God made us in His image, so I think it is reasonable to conclude that means we desire the things God desires. I think God is only satisfied in Himself, so that means we also can only truly be satisfied in Him. This aspect of ourselves is often tainted by our sinful nature, and we think we desire more and more things of this world. Our sinful nature is not our true nature however, because God made is in His image, not in sin. That is why we can never be satisfied in this world, because this world can only give us "enough". God can give us what we really desire; then and only then we will be satisfied with more than enough.
-Smart