Wealth

So I have been thinking a lot recently about my own wealth... Now, don't get the wrong idea here... I am not, by any "American" description of the word, wealthy. In fact I am pretty sure that my tax bracket puts me on the lower end of earning in this country. But the fact is that I have a whole freakin' lot!!!
Some of it is just stuff... I have an entire room filled with "stuff", not to mention the trunk and back seat of my car, which seem to be always accumulating more junk. Some of it is good "stuff", there is a detailed medical emergency kit (proof of my nursing ways) and a complete set of wrenches in my trunk, along with a sleeping bag and extra jacket... and some of it is completely unnecessary, like the entire shelf of stuffed animals in my bedroom. I can't remember the last time that I really cared to play with stuffed animals, and at the same time, I really hate to get rid of them, since most were gifts... so there they sit, right next to that picture that I painted, and the collection of CDs that I never use... all that framing another cutesy knick-knack. And don't even get me started on my dresser... the very fact that I have to dig through a pile of scarves that would safely tie together for an impressive clown trick, just to find my brush... yeah, is that pathetic or what? And why do I have so much jewelry? I only ever wear that one necklace... or borrow my sister's. Which leads me to my closet... ooohh, sore subject there... half this stuff probably never really gets worn, but yet there it is... just taking up space.
So, I have been thinking about the blessedness of having very little...
And of course there are about a million Proverbs to go along with this... "better a little with fear of the Lord, than great wealth with turmoil"; "better a little with righteousness, than much gain with injustice"; "better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind"; "better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed, than to share plunder with the proud"; "better a dish of vegetables with love, than a fatted calf (read juicy steak) with hatred"; "better a dry crust of bread with peace, than feasting with strife"; "the rich man may use his riches for the ransom of his life, but the poor hears no threat"... etc...
In general I am one of those people that would agree with the Proverb: "... give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown You and say, "who is the Lord?" or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of God."
But I wonder if sometimes God calls some of us to a little more than that... If sometimes He actually asks us to give up all that we have and place our lives and fates completely in His hands?
Sometimes does He ask for a special devotion by some of us? A willingness to give all, hold nothing back, give sacrificially, live for only the day. Never cease in prayer for our needs, and never cease to be amazed by His provision of them.
"But just as you excel in everything- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us - see that you also excel in this grace of giving. I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, He became poor, so that you, through His poverty, might become rich." (2Cor 8:7-9)