In our largely materialistic culture, there’s a real drive to own more and more stuff. Houses, cars, pools, spas, decks, HDTVs, mowers, jetski’s. The list could go on a very long time. Maybe some of it stems from our fear of boredom, or a sense of entitlement that comes with never being taught how to work hard. In the end, it doesn’t matter. The fact is that ownership of stuff presents a paradox best summed up by this line from the movie "Fight Club"
The things you own end up owning you.
I think that self-control as I’ve known it is a hoax. To me, self-control was always something I was supposed to work at. Something to try to have more of. But the funny thing is, the Bible clearly says in Galations 5:23 that self-control is a fruit of the Spirit.
I wonder how many people would describe themselves as "driven"? It’s kind of a popular trait to have. I know what it means to be driven. For 30 years I felt driven. By what I didn’t know, I just knew that I needed to get somewhere and I always felt that I should have been there already. A lot of it tied into my desire to have a career in music. I struggled with the feeling that I was wasting my potential, that I hadn’t accomplished enough. I remember telling my band one day "All I want is to hear God say that I’m not screwing this up."
No Longer Driven 