If there is anything I've struggled with the most as a paintball Christian, it's been with a thing I like to call "gear lust." You know what I'm talking about. There's always just one more piece of gear you need to get for your rig. I'm primarily a woodsball player, so for me, it's the better Spec Ops vest, the faster WAS board so I cans squeak out a few more BPS, or that cool $110 OpsGear sliding MP5 stock. The list goes on: a better mask, carbon fiber HPA tank, contoured foregrip, better barrel...oh, no wait barrel SYSTEM, yeah that's all I need...oh, that and a deralin bolt.... You get the idea.
I've found myself sitting at my computer studying Ebay for 4 or 5 hours straight trying to find my next upgrade at the best price. I've even found myself lying awake at night thinking about how I was going to customize my gun and find new ways to trick it out. I was an addict!
OK. So, getting better gear isn't bad if you have the money and time to burn, but enough is enough. If you're not careful, you will actually get addicted like I did. Some of my buddies did too. We found that we shared some of the same experiences. Now, we hold each other accountable and try to keep things in perspective.
From a paintball standpoint, remember that upgrades are no replacement for talent and technique. You can make a gun shoot better, faster, and more accurately, but it will never make you a better player. I've been taken down more than I'd like to admit by newbies with an off-the-shelf $100 paintball gun who simply outsmarted me.
From a spiritual perspective, God commands us not to covet in the ten commandments of Deuteronomy 5. We have to guard ourselves from this temptation. Once we begin desiring what we don't have, in short time, it will consume, us and we will never be satisfied with what we do have.
4 comments:
Man, all too true! We have to be so cautious to guard our hearts always and make sure that nothing tries to take kingship over from the One True King. I dig your blog, keep it up.
Aaron
I've recently get into paintball quite seriously and spent lots of time thinking about it too. Thanks to you for the blog, it helps reminding me to love Him and be faithful always. Keep it up.
God Bless,
KD
That's good insight. You need to update this more often
i try and keep a focus of psam 23:1
"i shall not want" i also try and remember that our teasures mean nothing in heaven. besides i'm sure jesus will be waiting for us up there with better paintball gear then they'll ever have in this world =)
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