“Je mehr er hat, je mehr er will,

nie schweigen seine Klagen still.”

For those who don’t know German, here is the meaning of the above in English:  It means simply that the more we have, the more we want. We will always cry for more!

I must have heard it for the first time from my mother in Germany.

“TO HAVE MORE DESIRE LESS”

It seems that we have an excessive desire for everything, for FOOD, for WEALTH, for POWER.

That is actually GREED.

Greedy people make trouble for others, especially those who are experts in being greedy. Greed is actually idolatry. Greedy people have no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Greed is also improper for true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. The apostle Peter has this message for the elders in churches: Don’t be greedy for money, but be eager to serve. And the Lord Jesus Christ tells us to watch and tells us to be on our guard against greed. And he says also that there are all kinds of greed.

“To have more, desire less.”