YYYThursday, May 03, 2007
God has made this week amazingly good! At the start of the week I thought it would really suck, but now I look back and I see that He has indeed been with me every step of the way!
I need to be more contented!
You know the Daily Bread devotionals come with thin discovery series booklets sometimes. This month's one was about cultivating a heart of contentment. The title itself was so striking, and when I read it, everything just rang so true.
Okay here are some things I learnt!
When we are uncontented, we commit the sin of covetousness. We are wanting what others possess that we do not.
Contentment is not about self-sufficiency but about Christ-sufficiency. It is not resignation but deep-seated satisfaction that is the gift of Christ. It is not acceptance of the status quo or surrender of ambition but submission to Christ and His purposes. It is the ability to get out of a situation everything that God has in it for us.
We should have contentment with what we have, but discontentment with who we are. We should aspire to become wiser, deeper, more loving and more Christlike.
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For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. "- 1 Tim 6:7; We should have an eternal, kingdom perspective. Things on earth might seem so real, while eternity seems so unreal. But we must remember 2 Cor 4:18- "
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
We often view our material possessions and positions in life, which are actually entrusted to us by God, as ours, and ours to keep. But this is not true! Present things have no lasting value. So it is far more sensible to invest our time and energy into seeking God and a life that is more Christ-like.
Yep there's more. But I'll continue another day.
I shall be happy now in the completion of my SEA hist essay. Yay!
Goodnight world!
10:30 PM
