I used this poem after the message on Contentment from 1 Tim. 6:6-16. It’s very pointed.

• If only I had a bigger house
• My problems would be solved.
• If only I had a better job
• Would not life be resolved?

•  If only I had better looks
• More people to impress.
• If I were just a movie star,
• I’d share my life the best.

•  If only, if only, if only
• What a slap in God’s dear face.
• If only You’d do better, God
• At last I’d find my place.

• Not only do we not need more
• Nor need the grief it brings,
• Do not we sometimes turn from Him
• When He allows us things?

• What if only I had nothing
• But His presence and His Word
• Nothing else to cling to.
• Would I not better know the Lord?

• If only I had fewer things
• To occupy my mind.
• If only I could see one day,
• They’ll all be left behind.

• If only I had the mind of God
• And better knew His ways,
• I’d never say, “If only I…”
• I’d simply give Him praise.

•  And anything He chose to give.
•  How grateful I would be
•  If only Jesus only
• Was good enough for me.