There’s a fun little children’s book entitled Just One More by Jennifer Hansen Rolli where a little girl named Ruby continues to ask for just one more thing…
It’s cute because after continually asking for just one more minute of sleep, one more push on the swing, and one more scoop on her cone, she realizes that maybe one more is just too much.
How many of us live the same way?
- Just one more chip…
- Just one more scroll through Facebook…
- Just one more show…
- Just one more bite…
- Just one more look…
We think it’s harmless—to fill up our time, our minds, our energy, efforts, and days with another show, with more work, with extra calories, with just one more __________, but is there ever an end to it all?
When is enough enough?
And does anything in this world ever truly satisfy?
If you’re living for just one more thing because you expect that one more thing to bring you a greater measure of joy, fulfillment, satisfaction, and __________, then I’m sorry to burst your bubble.
Once you get that one more thing, you’re going to want another one more thing, and another, and another.
Nothing in this world will satisfy that longing for one more thing, other than Jesus Christ, his love, his peace, and the hope that he freely offers you and I.
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful. – John 14:27 (CSB)
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 8:38-39 (CSB)