Or picture 269 people entering eternity in a plane crash. Before the crash there is a noted politician, a millionaire corporate executive, a playboy and his playmate, a missionary kid on the way back from visiting grandparents. Then after the crash they stand before God utterly stripped of every Master Card, check book, credit line, image clothes, success books, and Hilton reservations. The politician, the executive, the playboy and the missionary kid on level ground with nothing, absolutely nothing in their hands, but only what they brought in their heart. O how absurd and tragic the lover of money will seem on that day like a man who spends his whole life collecting train tickets and in the end is so weighed down by the collection he misses the last train.
Christians can be and ought to be content with the simple necessities of life.
I'll mention three reasons why simplicity is possible and good. First, because when you have God near you and for you, you don't need extra money or extra things to give you peace and security. Be content with what you have. For he has said, 'I will never fail you nor forsake you. Therefore by God's help we can be content with the simple necessities of life.