Desiring What
We Cannot Have
By DR. PAUL K. AUSLEY
Pastor First Presbyterian Church
TEXT: V IS " God shall sup
pl> all your need "
With the passing of time. rath
generation «fms to want more
and more of everything. Every
one wants something he cannot
have. Usually they ate luxuries,
not the necessities of life.
Wh«*n tlenietl these luxuries, we
become disappointed with life it
self, yet life ran continue as a
deeply satisfying experience that
makes life pleasant and enjoya
ble, hut something is incomplete.
The story U told of a beautiful
young woman who had a lovely
hw, well furnished and a show
place in the community. Her hus
hand was brilliant and famous in
h!s line of work. She had every
thing she needed, yet she was
eating her heart out. The one
thing she did not have; her hus
band did not love her. It was a
necessity she was denied.
1 In the bitterness of denial w>
^end to f«-el that the world has
been cruel to us. Pain has a way
of being self-centered. This can
be proven by a simple experi
ment; hit your finger with a ham
mer and severe pain will follow.
You will become so intensely
concentrated on the pain that you
will forget everything and every
body. Nothing else matters.
The same is true when things
we desire cannot be bad. We for
get all the many wonderful things
we possess; how God has blessed
us with love, happiness and
friends. We throw all this over
board. One thing dominates your
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mind. You wanted somethin};, per
haps you needed it. but you can't
have it. The agony of your loss
fills your soul and you become
hitter. You turn against friends,
loved ones, and even your own
beloved family. You say and do
things which iater you would to
dad, you could undo, but the
damage has already been done.
In such a moment as this, you
can fling to the fore-winds, count-1
less friends because of the bitter-j
ness inside. You can undo 25
years of warm, pleasant social
relationships, not because they
have done anything, but wanting
something you cannot have. Life
is like that. We never fulfill all
our desires.
There are three attit -ides we
can take and those air illustrated
to us by individuals in the New
Testament. First is the reaction
of Judas Iscariot. This apostle
w ho failed wanted s miethin*;. Hi
d«-sired it so much he w-illinglv
gave everything else he had in
payment. Whatever faults Judas
had. he was no piker. He knew
what he wanted and was willing
to pay for it. He did not expect to
get it for nothing as so many of
us do. Judas wanted to ho his na
tion's secretary of the treasury.
There is nothing wrong with I
the motive of Judas, hut we ques
tion his actions. It is believed that
Judas belonged to a Zealot party,
the super-patriotic Jews who hat
ed their country's existence under
Roman domination. Judas was so
much a nationalist he was willing
to join an underground movement
to work for the overthrow of Cae
sar’s power. That meant giving
up many of the comforts of home
and even death if caught.
It was not religion that drew
Judas to Christ. Judas backed
Christ as the future king of Israel
and his price was the treasury
office when the new nation came,
into lioing.
Judas served Christ until he
learned he eould not have what
he desired. Then, hr reacted with
| violence and hatred. Judas' bit
terncss was deep and he sold
Christ for 30 pieces of silver- the
price of a slave. The man he had
backed to Ik* king of Israel, he
treated as a slave. It was not
enough to leave Christ and go
home. No. he hated and had to
destroy Christ.
There are a lot of people who
react just like Judas. If they can't
have something, they make stir?
no one else can. by destroying it.
May Cod preserve us from such
rash and harsh actions.
The Second reaction is portray
ed to us in the life of the Rich
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•ulturc. rich and with an excel
ideals and desired to be a uselul
lent heritage. He could have been
lively, full of zeal and courage,
but he was not. From thp day* of
In* youth he had lecn fjilt'd with
(jerst.n. This man was the only
one to obtain such fine iompli
tnentary remarks (tom Christ. He
was almost perfect. His desire
was an ind.cation of his chaiac.
or. He wanted to know (I >d and
be assured of eternal life That is
» fine ambition to have isn’t it?
But the price seemed more than
be was Willing to pay. Christ told
b;m to soil all he had and give it
to the p >or and follow Him. He
was unwilling to pay the price,
lie went away sadly. His reaction
was not as crude as that of Judas
Iscariot. His character was too
sensitive and too fine f >r hate. He
went away sorrowful; he lost all
interest in the ideals of life. He
yielded to passive submission,
rhore was nothing hateful or hit
:er a haul this young man. His
friends thought of him as a nice
man. But he was through with
staking to fulfill hi* desires to
obtain eternal life. He had no
mure ambit,on*. He just existed,
took whatever life offered and
manifested no interest in the
good thin/s of life. There aie mil
lions of people, in and out of the
church, just like the Rich Ymints
Ruler.
The third reaction to this pro
blem is g ven to us by the Apostle
Haul. He hail a desire that con
tained no selfishness. Raul literal
ly gave his all to Christ arid the
Kingdom. He gave up home, lov
ed ones, affection, prestige and
power as ruler and scholar, a
comfortable income everything
had lieen sacrificed to serve as a
missionary to people whom he
had lieen mought up to hate the
gentiles. It is not any easy thing
to overcome hate and race preju
dice. hut Paul did. There was
something Paul wanted very had
ly, so he could do his work more
effectively. He had w hat is < ailed
"a tli irn in the flesh". We are un
certain what it was hut the sup
position is one of two things; he
had such bad eyesight it was dif
ficult to w, or ho was a victim
of epilepsy. Whatovor it was. ho
prayed ofton that Christ wojld
romove it, but deliverance never
came. Whatever this "th irn in
the flesh" was. it wont with Paul
to his grave. Paul reacted, but not
in the crude manner of Judas Is
oariot in turning hitter with
hatred. Nor did he withdraw his
talents like the Young Ruler, but
with firm determination, contin
ued using what ho had to make
the world a better place to live in.
• Paul learned the grt-at secret
of life which so many of us nev
or do. He found the key to reli
gion even though he did not ob
tain the desire of his life. Paul
found out that HOD’S CRACK
SUFFICIENT FOR HIM
You cannot always have the do
sires of your heart, even though
they are really needful. I don't
know why; but that is the way
life is.
What are you going to do when
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your desires are not fulfilled? It
isn't what happens to us. but our
reaction ilemonstrates our worth.
Are you going to give way to bit
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you willing to become passive
one who neither asks or gives
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firm in the faith which is good
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dows and use j >ur disappoint
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