Is it selfish to want more?

I’m positing this question: Is it selfish to want more? I would say the answer is ‘yes’, and ‘no’. Because it all depends on what you want and why you want it.

I was thinking about this question for myself. In the past I think my answer would have always been ‘yes’. What do you want more for? That’s selfish. Just be satisfied with what you have, man. But then I thought about it some more. I realize there are selfish elements of wanting more. We shouldn’t want more at the expense of others. And we shouldn’t want more of something that is inherently bad. But all things being equal, what about just wanting more? Wanting to get a raise at work, or maybe a better car, or certainly wanting to be a better person. These things probably aren’t bad in themselves. I would say it depends on why you want them.

Then I thought about it some more and realized it can sometimes be selfish to not want more. The reason being, is that often times it takes us doing something extra, or getting out of our comfort zone, to get what we never had. My refusal to do those things can actually be selfish. I think that’s sometimes why I don’t want more than I do. I know that it will cost me something. That takes effort. Sometimes I don’t want to put forth that effort. It’s often easier to just stay and have a “hold the fort” mentality.

There’s also the idea to consider of moving forward in life. If you don’t want more of at least something, you can end up stagnating and getting stuck where you are. Wanting more of something often gives us something to look forward to. If I have nothing to look forward to, then what is there to keep me moving forward? This can be where depression sets in. I think that depression is the belief that things will never get better. You have to believe that there are going to be better days in order to get out of the depression.

The more I examined this question the more I realized that it’s not as cut and dried as I thought. We probably need to examine each desire we have on an individual basis. I can certainly see how we can just get caught up in wanting more and more of something until it consumes us. That wouldn’t be good. But wanting more as a means of propelling us forward in life can be a good thing. It’s just a matter of wanting more of the right things, wanting them in the right order, and wanting them for the right reasons. So to answer the question: Is it selfish to want more? Yes and no. So, I hope I’ve made that perfectly clear now. Just kidding. No, I think I’ve made it more clear for myself, in that I know that the question contains more nuance than one thinks.

…Let’s go deeper

This is, of course, interesting to think about in terms of our spiritual lives. Should we want more, and what should we want more of?

AV 1Timothy 6:10 says, “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” First of all, I’d like to point out that the Bible doesn’t say ‘money is the root of all evil’. It says that ‘the love of money is the root of all evil’. So, we need to keep that in mind and keep our hearts right in that area. We shouldn’t want money for the wrong reasons, but it is possible to want money for the right reasons.
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But what about wanting other things. Certainly there are things God deems important that he wants us to have more of. The Bible talks about us desiring spiritual gifts. AV 1 Corinthians 12:31 says, “But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.” God wants for us to desire spiritual gifts. These are a worthy desire for us. The reason God is for this is because these can benefit other people. That’s the thing about spiritual gifts. Actually, any gifts. They aren’t for you. They’re for other people. This makes these an unselfish desire.

AV Jeremiah 29:13 says, “And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” It’s also good for us to just want more of God. God’s desire is for us to seek Him. He says we will find Him when we seek Him with all of our hearts. This is another desire that is good for us to have. It’s God’s desire for us to have more of Him. And when this is God’s desire, and this is our desire, then His desires become our desires and our desires become His.

AV Romans 12:2 says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” There are areas where God is calling for more from us. God us calling us to not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind. So, certainly God is calling us to something more. He has higher expectations of us than we sometimes know or realize. So, even God wants more. He wants more of us and more from us. He wants more of our hearts. To empty us of our selfishness and help us to become truly selfless.
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AV 1Timothy 6:10 says, “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

AV Romans 12:2 says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”