See Part 1 of the Spiritual life of a Hoarder
The TV show “Hoarders” documents people who are unable to part with their belongings – to the point where they are on the verge of a personal crisis because their “stuff” takes over their homes and even their lives.
”Hoarders” features the true stories about people with compulsions so strong that they can’t let go of their “stuff.” On the show, loved ones, psychologists, and organizational experts are brought in to try to help the hoarders stop hoarding.
Most people who watch this show have the same reaction: they can’t believe that people just won’t let go of all the stuff that’s slowly sabotaging important relationships and harming themselves. Unfortunately, most viewers don’t see that at times all of us can act like hoarders when it comes to our spiritual lives. For instance, I have a tendency to misplace my affections; to value some things more highly than I ought, to cling to some things that aren’t doing me any good—like worry, resentment, gossip, pride, self-righteousness, lust, or anger. The truth is, most of us may not clutter our lives with physical stuff, but we’re just as guilty of emotional or spiritual hoarding.
Compulsive Affluence is a spiritual disorder marked by an obsessive need to acquire and keep things, even if the items are worthless, hazardous or painful to the soul.
We may not have boxes of junk sitting around our homes, but we do have piles of money gathering dust in a bank somewhere. Jesus encounters a young man who think he wants to give all that up and live a different kind of life. We see in Matthew 19:16-22 how powerful the addiction of affluence really is. He goes away sad, unsatisfied and empty. He couldn’t break the chains of his addiction.
Can you?
Learn Jesus’ model for breaking free. Are you willing to go that far?
Read: Matthew 19:16-22
Sermon Notes: Sermon Notes 10.21.12 Coming Clean
Sermon Slides: Worship 10.21.12 Coming Clean
Sermon Audio: Coming Clean 10.21.12L Coming Clean 10.21.12E
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