Pride gets nopleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next
man.
C. S. Lewis
This is a hard one to understand unless you get around it
and see it happening first hand. Our natural
instinct is to want blessings, however, the fall has caused the appetite of man
not be able to be fulfilled.
Why?
Man is trying to quench his wants rather than his needs. He’s trying to do it without God.
Since there is never enough to satisfy in this world without
God and Jesus being number one, pride steps in and the want is never quenched.
Matthew 6:28-35- 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and
your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things
will be given to you as well.