If I gave you everything you asked for,
where would you put it?

God .

The overwhelming human interest in more of God's blessing is innate.
It didn't take Einstein to figure out why we, humans, are such epitomes of selfish desires.

We are never contented for long; that is if we ever were at all.
Satisfaction is always thwarted by our vivacious imagination; the bubbling spring of what ifs.


"What if... God gave me a billion bucks?"
(i can use the money for my church!)

"What if... I am the world's most sucessful politician?"
(i can lead whole nations to Christ and advocate world peace!)

"What if... my vocals were to be the most magnificent ever heard?"
(i can use beautiful songs to spread His gospel!)

The kind of creativity the Mind is capable of.
It all sounds so absurd, these out-of-the-world what ifs.
But we always manage to seemingly justify our own selfish desires.

See, like a very young girl who is a right brat - always whining for more toys.

"Oh, I want that barbie doll!"

She gets it, for her father doted on her.
She plays with the doll for awhile and realised she wanted more than this.
Getting dissatisfied, she yells,
"I don't care,
I want a television set for myself. NOW!"

Her father prompts her,
"Why do you need a television set?
You are only five years old."

She wails,
"I want one, I want one! So that I can tell my
friends how much you love me, Papa!"

He knew he did love her so; he doesn't want to let her down - she got her television set.
She watched the television all day long, an addiction incurable.
She spent less time with her father, but he still loved her.
One day, she saw an advertisement for a pretty convertible.
Her heart ached with longing and she decided she had to have it.

"Oh Papa, Papa! I want a car - a sports car!"

Her father was mildly surprised.
"Why do you need a car? You are only five, ages away from the time to drive!"

She was adamant about her desire, so she exclaimed,
"So I will have more time to familiarise myself with the car and then I can finally drive you around when I am eighteen, Papa! Then I will be so happy and all my friends will know you as the Ideal Father!"

Her father knew this was too much, but accedes to her request out of sheer love.
She got the car, forgot that she promised her father she will only drive at eighteen and charged onto the road.

What happens when you put a five year old with legs too short for the brakes in a car?

We know the verse by heart - "Ask and you shall receive..."
This is when we get carried away, thinking that God is no more than a genie in a bottle; someone who grants our utmost desires.

But we forget to acknowledge that faith has a very big role in prayers.
And this faith is the by-product of an intimate relationship with God.

This is when we lose focus of Him; when we think too much about ourselves and demand that He, the centre of the universe, give us His attention; when discontentment allies with pride and obscures our view of His love.



If God gave us everything we wanted, do we have the capacity to keep them?
God's infinity cannot be contained or measured in our finite world.
Do we have place in our lives to receive and use these blessings wisely?
If God gave us everything we wanted, do we know where to put them?
Temptation will hound us day and night and lead your soul astray.
Can we guarantee we know where to invest these extra talents in?
Stick by our promiseto Him?


He can give us anything, everything!
He is willing to, but are we able to handle so much?
Do we truly think we need that much to survive?
Can we keep our focus when there's a whole load of cash waiting for you?
Will temptation not threaten to swallow you up in one yummy gulp?


Thank goodness, our Heavenly Father is much wiser than the young girl's Papa.
God knows us best.
How much we need to be healthy; how much will result in an overdose.

Don't fret.
Learn to be content, not to contend.



I am learning, too.
We all learn on the job, and our jobs are to be good children of The Almighty.