13/09/2024
*CONTENTMENT*
Sometimes we do get troubled over what we don't have, may be what we do have is not good enough,
if we could only find a better suit, a better shoe or better this or better that....
And we don't have the money.
And then comes the issue of comparison with our co worker, or one of our peers. And it is apparent that we are lagging behind..
Well the bible has some verses that teaches us that we need to stay put..
"Godliness with contentment is great gain." - 1 Timothy 6:6 (NIV)
Additionally, the Bible says:
- "Be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'" - Hebrews 13:5 (NIV)
- "For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that." - 1 Timothy 6:7-8 (NIV)
Ofcourse we know that God has promised us *abundance* ,(John 10:10) so there is nothing wrong with wanting more, as long as we know that the more we get , the more will also be required of us to give,to share.
The blessing of the Lord makes rich and he adds no sorrow to it.(Proverbs 10:22)
And in the Bible there are many that God made rich such as Abraham,Isaac,Jacob,Joseph,King David, King Solomon
Deuteronomy 18:8,
Says you shall "Remember the Lord your God for it is He who gives you power to obtain wealth that he may establish His convent which He swore to your fathers as it is this day ."
God made a covenant with the fore fathers of the Israelites that He will bless their descendants.
And even each and everyone of us who have been born again (received Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour) we also get to inherit the blessing of Abraham as it is written in (Galatians)
~ He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit." - Galatians 3:14 (NIV)
- "If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." - Galatians 3:29 (NIV)