Disintegration

The disintegration of a culture always begins with a rejection of the first commandment: "You will have no other gods beside Me." And it always ends with a culure steeped in idolatry--God calls it "coveting." Everything I covet--tangible or intangible--is a god to me. And the act of obedience that defeats my natural tendency to covet is contentment: No matter how much I have or how much I don't have: "Jesus Christ is all I need." Contentment enables me to rest in the strength He provides to trust that He will--not might--supply ALL that I need from the resources of His riches in glory. The salt and light that enriches the covetous, idolatrous, bankrupt culture and resists its disintegration is the heart--and life--that contentedly trusts in the loving, sufficent, provision of the Father.