Not Enough

It's been a few weeks since I have posted, and in those few weeks a lot has happened. My programming is finally all coming together, and thats party because I now have a training partner that is doing the same program and is about my same strength. The extra push that we give one another has taken us both to new heights, and we have already seen several PRs.

120 kilos. It's a number that I had been chasing for over 2 years. I finally hit it, and immediately put on 125. 120 wasn't enough. I didn't end up getting 125, and though I was happy about finally getting 120, I was also a bit disappointed that I missed 125. It's funny how that works. No matter how big of a PR we hit, the joy is always short lived because of our perpetual discontent and need for more. This idea permeates every facet of our lives, especially in modern American culture.

How much is enough? This is a question that many of us must ponder as we decide what it looks like to follow Christ in today's world. Take money for example. We think that if we just got that raise, we could finally pay off those loans or get out of debt or provide for our family better. So we get the raise, and then all of a sudden we need a new car, a new house, a new suit, to go on a vacation, ect. ect. I have found that making more money only leads to spending more money. It's never enough.

This is not a new concept, but rather one that the Lord told us about thousands of years ago through Solomon:

"Whoever loves money never has enough;

whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.

This too is meaningless.

As goods increase, 

so do those who consume them.

And what benefit are they to the owners

except to feast their eyes on them?

-Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

It doesn't just happen with money though. Our pursuit for more, better, bigger, fancier, shinier, more expensive, more prestigious is not confined to the financial world. Solomon elaborates on this more in Ecclesiastes 1:

"The eye is not satisfied with seeing, 

nor the ear filled with hearing."

-Ecclesiastes 1:8

In the end, nothing of this world will satisfy us. That is because "the Lord has set eternity in the human heart" (Ecclesiastes 3:11). We were not made for this world, but for the presence of the Lord, and so the things of this world- as great as they may be- will always be left wanting. They are simply "shadows of things to come; the reality is found in Christ" (Colossians 2:17). He alone will satisfy the deepest desires and wants of our hearts, and he alone will never be found lacking. In him alone is fullness of joy, freedom, and life. All the money, all the fame, all the glory in the world still is not enough to satisfy our longing hearts. My friend Brett showed me this song the other day, and it embodies this perfectly.

Blessings