I read one of the best devos this morning. It's out of a small book called "Thoughts From the Diary of a Desperate Man." It was written by Walter A. Henrichsen.

In this morning's devo, he talks about our quest for autonomy (Striving to live on our own apart from God). In this quest that we so eagerly and blindly pursue, we desire to have MORE. More money. More stuff. More freedom. The problem is that this generally leads to discontentment.

In the garden, Adam and Eve wanted to "be like God" by eating of the forbidden tree. After they did, they were discontent.

Henrichsen says, "You will general find a direct ratio between a society's affluence and its discontentment; the more people have the more discontent they are. Those who do not have are envious and those who do have are not satisfied. The more people have the more bored they are with life and the more preoccupied with autonomy they become. It requires an act of your will to put limits on your appetites. A healthy relationship with the Lord Jesus will help you in this quest.... If you live a life a gratitude, exchanging your appetite for autonomy for a life of submission to the Lord, you probably will be able to avoid a substantial number of these negative consequences."

Need I say more?