Am I Asking for An Ostrich?

I read a story about a man who found an old lamp in his attic. He rubbed the lamp, a genie popped out, and he was offered 2 wishes. First, he wished that every time he needed money for something, he could reach into his pocket and pull out exactly what he needed. That's a little different from asking for a million dollars...and probably a wiser choice.

When he made his second wish, he wished for a tall chick with a large butt who would always agree with him. The genie answered his request...and an ostrich appeared.

As I watched the Presidential debate last night, I kind of felt the same way about followers of Christ in America. As followers of Christ, we say that we pray for God to provide our daily bread and that we believe [Philippians 4:19] God will supply all of our needs. Yet many who say that they follow Christ focus so intently on those issues that we forget that there are more important things like the values of life and family [Matthew 6:25].

We should be careful and not take our eyes off of Kingdom values. Should we work and care about the physical needs? Sure. But we can focus so much on what WE think we need or WE want that we could, without even knowing it, end up asking for an ostrich.