6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
Huge houses — 4,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 square feet, and even larger — inhabited by 2 or 3 people, abound in our society. Why is that? People have fallen for the myth that says that unused floor space is important.
But why would unused floor space be important? For some people it may be important for their image and for their ego, but in an age of energy shortage and planetary mismanagement, is that a wise use of limited resources?
If a house has everything a person needs, why does it need to be huge? Of what practical use is unused floor space? Isn’t it just something extra to clean and to heat and to waste precious resources?
Many people have become slaves to their houses and mortgages. They are under constant pressure to meet their financial responsibility for all their unused floor space because they fell for Modern Myth #14 that told them that they needed lots of floor space to show their importance.
In our constant striving for bigger and better houses, many of us have lost our peace of mind. However, 19th Century American writer, Henry David Thoreau had a better idea — once your basic needs are met, spend your time and energy on self-improvement rather than on the acquisition of more stuff.
A seldom heard Bible verse agrees. It reads: “Having food and raiment, let us therewith be content.”
The human appetite for unused floor space will never be met. Even if you have built more than Biltmore Estate, someone else has or will soon have a bigger house than you. That competition is an endless waste of energy and of earth’s resources.
The truth is: if you have a roof over your head, you are fortunate. Once your housing needs are met, unused floor space is meaningless.
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