You can’t always get want you want!

“The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.” Doug Larson .

Do you remember that song by the Rolling Stones? I remember in high school one of my friends would tease his younger sister by singing that song to her as she dreamed about a certain boy that she had a thing for. We would laugh as other friends would chime in. It’s funny that he still will tease her at our age today, but in fun. That song rings in my head sometimes as I look at some of the new clubs out there. Every year the new clubs come out with the claim to add more distance and accuracy. I began golf back around the time Callaway first came out with the “Big Bertha”. I think that club started the marketing craze for golf clubs. After that and the emergence of Tiger Woods the golf industry exploded.

I find it funny that with all of the claims on the new drivers, how you can gain 15 yards with this particular weapon and so on. You would think buy now that with the added yards each year, the average person should be driving the ball 350 yards. . Unfortunately, that’s just not true. All the newer clubs are easier to hit and there are distance advantages, but there is a price tag. I hit everything that comes along every year and still don’t hit it any farther than what I have been hitting for the past 6 years. Our lesson today is “You can’t always get what you want”!

We can buy that new driver, but we may not gain any more distance. Unless, yes, unless you have a shaft that works better for your swing. Fitting is the key. My 6 year old driver works well because I have found a shaft that works for my particular swing and I am not willing to fork out the $500 and maybe get another couple of yards. I am seeing a world that thinks that we have to have the next best thing. I’ve noticed the better the golfer, the less they change their clubs. Of course unless they’re a person who just enjoys new clubs all of the time.

When I first started, I was trading and buying the latest greatest every few months looking for a better game. I learned the expensive way, “you can’t buy a swing.” We live in a nation that is driven by a “consumer mentality” and the rest of the world economies depend on our buying habits. After the 2008 economic crash we Americans experienced, the rest of the world had to adjust. I know it sounds crazy, but our economy effects the rest of the world. it’s true.

Many Americans are not buying new merchandise or just having less than we have become accustomed to, which in turn, effects other economies. Something you and I need to think about is how we spend our money. It not only immediately effects us, but it has immediate effects on others. This lets us know something about ourselves and others. Our checkbook is connected directly to our heart.

So where do we turn for proper advice on finances? Jesus spoke a lot about money during His time on earth. In the book of Mark 4:19 Jesus said, “But the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful”. If you are struggling to stay away from the next best thing, get in-line with scripture for help. God’s money management is the best there is.

Here are a few places that can help.
http://www.crown.org/
http://christianpf.com/money-in-the-bible/
http://www.daveramsey.com/home/