"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want."
First let me begin with apologies for not taking the time to share with you lately. Time has somehow gotten away from me and in that I found that I had little time to get on my computer and share the things God has been sharing with me. Perhaps appropriate with tonight's word to be content in all things.
I have had quite the journey so far in life and I find more stress and grief in being discontented in what I already have at the present moment whether it be in material things, financial gain or in recognition for the work that I've accomplished. In all these things I find discontentment and an unsettling of my spirit. This spills often into other areas of my life, the more stressed I become the more I affect the relationships around me. If my spirit is at a state of unrest I become irritable and negative and begin a chain reaction to those that I have in my life and even those I encounter outside of my home. My discontentment sows seeds of discontentment instead seeds of contentment and joy from the Father.
God has always provided for me. Even during those more difficult times when I thought the need simply was not going to be met, He shows up, He provides and He reminds me that He never forsakes me. What I still work on is being content in all things that He does and even in those things He does not do. Sometime being told NO is the best thing for me. Being content is difficult I think for many of us. We see what others have and think we need that too, or why does sister so and so or brother so and so have so much and I struggle just to get by. The real question is why are you comparing your life to sister and brother so and so? Does God not provide for all your needs and then some?
Today our sermon at church reminded me that things here on earth are so temporary, my true gain is in Heaven where I will spend eternity. But what I must remember is that what I sow here on earth I reap in Heaven... I don't want to have an eternity filled with discontentment.
What have you been complaining about to God that you don't have that you think you just can't live without? Is that really the case or have our desires become so great that we can't find true contentment in the things that the God of this universe has provided for us to meet our needs? Has greed begun to creep into places of your heart that are saved for places of charity? Begin to focus on being content in all things this day.
Blessings,
Heather
