Learn To Be Content

   “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have”(Heb. 13:5).If we are not content with the things that we have, we will never be content with the things that we want.

All the riches and honor that Haman had meant nothing to him as long as he saw Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate (Esther 3:5).It appears he was never content.

Ahab, king of Israel, was not content with what he had but craved the vineyard of Naboth for a vegetable garden because it was next to his house (1 Kings 21).

Adam and Eve,with a bright new world at their feet,were not satisfied with Paradise (Genesis 3).

Solomon,in all his glory and with all his blessings from God,still wanted to try out everything the world had to offer.

Yet the other side of the coin tells us, “‘My people shall be satisfied with My goodness,’ says the Lord” (Jeremiah31:14).

Paul learned to be content with whatever his lot might be (Philippians 4:11).

Jesus said, “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst” (John4:14).

The writer of Hebrews finished his thought with these words, “For He Himself has said, ‘I will never forsake you'” (Heb 13:5).

Let us consider these things, and consider all the Lord has done for us,and learn to be content with the blessings the Lord has given us.

~Eric