Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble with it. (Proverbs 15:16 ESV)
A Little
The grass seems greener on the other side of the fence. We want to be able to buy Twitter. We want to be able to buy a new car every year. We want to be able to remodel our entire house, even the closets. We want to be able to stop working and tunnel our toes in the sandy beach. We want…
But we have only a little.
But that ‘little’ is enough. Because a relationship with the One True Living God makes that ‘little’ better than treasure.
Part of it is perspective, of course. Part of it is contentment, of course. Part of it is the peace that comes from walking with the Lord, of course.
But mostly, it is because our fear of the Lord happens because He loves us.
And nothing is better than the Love of the Lord.
We are peculiar, we have a HUGE little.