"Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He
Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.' So we may boldly say: 'The LORD is
my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?'" (Heb. 13:5-6)
The story is told about a bird which became bored with God's way of sustaining him. He did not
like the chore of scratching among the leaves for worms and, thus, he made a deal with a fox to
give up one of his feathers for a worm each day. The fox would lay a worm upon a rock and then
depart. The clever bird could see no harm or danger in this since the fox departed after placing the
worm upon the rock. It was a more preferred "method" than the one given by him from His
Maker.
Day after day, the clever bird received his worm and waxed fat, until one day, after having flown
to the ground and eaten his worm, he found that he had sold so many feathers that he could no
longer fly. He suddenly realized that he had fattened and plucked himself for the fox's dinner!
Often, when we are not content with what we have, in our pursuit to make things better, we only make things worse.