Most of the time, I'm pretty content. But, have you noticed how advertisements tend to make us discontented? I am content with the home I have until I see the one HGTV is giving away. I'm content with going to the closet and finding something I like to wear until I see an ad for clothes on TV. I have decided TV commercials are of the devil because they tend to make us discontented with what God has provided for us. What happened to being content with what we have until He... provides something more? How about being thankful that we have what we DO have rather than wanting something more.
How many of you have thought that getting a certain thing, living a certain place, or being married to a certain person would bring you happiness and then find out you are still not contented when this happens? We need to trust God enough to realize that He knows not only what we want, but He also knows what is best for us. Much of the time, I find that what I THOUGHT I wanted and what God provided were two different things and what He provided was much better.
We live in a world where we want what we want when we want it. Patience is not something most of us are blessed with. We don't even like to stand in line at WalMart for more than three minutes. What happened to waiting for something that we want until the time is right? Young adults want the kind of home now their parents had after being married for thirty years. They want a new car, a high paying job, short work hours and a three week paid vacation immediately upon being out on their own. Contentment is something young people have not known. Perhaps that's because their parents were never content.
The latest global statistic shows if one has a roof over his head and a meal on his table he is richer than 93 percent of the world’s population. If a person wears a pair of shoes he is richer than 75 percent of the people in the world. In the United States alone, credit card debt averages more than $16,000 per household, and we are still discontented.
How about you? What would it take right now to make you content with your life? Are you teaching your children to be content?
" Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank Him for his answers. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 TLB
We live in a world where we want what we want when we want it. Patience is not something most of us are blessed with. We don't even like to stand in line at WalMart for more than three minutes. What happened to waiting for something that we want until the time is right? Young adults want the kind of home now their parents had after being married for thirty years. They want a new car, a high paying job, short work hours and a three week paid vacation immediately upon being out on their own. Contentment is something young people have not known. Perhaps that's because their parents were never content.
The latest global statistic shows if one has a roof over his head and a meal on his table he is richer than 93 percent of the world’s population. If a person wears a pair of shoes he is richer than 75 percent of the people in the world. In the United States alone, credit card debt averages more than $16,000 per household, and we are still discontented.
How about you? What would it take right now to make you content with your life? Are you teaching your children to be content?
" Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank Him for his answers. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 TLB
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