[The Glory Unveiled]
But godliness with contentment is great gain. [ 1 Timothy 6:6 NIV ]
The world teaches us to crave more, ask for more, work for more, and seek more. We have been conditioned to always want more. We have become gullible, our appetites insatiable. Nobody seems content with anything. But contentment has great gains—delivers us from many temptations—and it has to be learnt. Contentment is not a gift or a nature that is inherently in us. In Philippians 4:11-13, the apostle Paul explains that he had learned contentment by the things he needed and those he had in abundance. He teaches that contentment is not only expected in a season of abundance but also in a season of lack. There are those who are very content with life because they have plenty. The very moment their situations change, they become gullible. For such, contentment is not yet learned. For a person who is content, the understanding that furnishes this position sits on the scripture that says “never will I leave you, never will I forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6). God is committed to us in all seasons and all situations. And so, having deep trust in God’s faithfulness, we can be content with whatever He commits to us in every season. Another reason why we need to be content is that “we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it” (1 Timothy 6:7). We need to learn contentment because the result or reward of all our struggles and toil in this world remains here; we cannot take them away. And if everything we are chasing is so ephemeral, then it would be foolishness to chase them to the detriment of our souls—the eternal matter. And so, let us trust in God’s faithfulness and compassion, and let us be content with whatever God commits to us in every season.
Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for not forsaking nor leaving me. Help me to be content with everything you have blessed me with. In Jesus’ name.
Wisdom_Quote: Godliness with contentment is great gain.
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