Remember how yesterday I was screaming of feelings of discontentment. This guest blog. It's from my pastor, Dan Thompson's, blog: Apprentice 2 Jesus. If you're in the Minneapolis area check out Heights Church, and as you read, note the irony of my life. Blessings :)
The Elusive Position of Contentment
12 I know the experience of being in need and of having more than enough; I have learned the secret to being content in any and every circumstance, whether full or hungry or whether having plenty or being poor. 13 I can endure all these things through the power of the one who gives me strength. (Phil. 4:12-13, CEB)
In a culture that thrives on being DIScontent, these words from Paul sound impossible. Our economy thrives on people being DIScontent with their current products so they will go and buy new products. Our fast-paced media thrives on our DIScontent to shove fantastic stories into face 24 hours a day.
Contentment sounds impossible. It sounds BORING.
How can someone live with contentment and expect to get on the news?!?
But for Paul, this is the place learn absolute trust. Hungry or full. Closet full of clothes or the clothes on our back. We can know Christ and knowing Christ is contentment.
When we have Christ, what he has put in our lives we call good. Circumstances don’t matter when Christ is our center.
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