Believers love boat Are you discontented - Pt-2 1Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain A discontented person looks around and says, “I deserve something better than this.” Because he is never happy and never satisfied, he drags others into the swamp with him. A great man of God once said - Contentment makes a poor man rich, discontent makes a rich man poor.” Discontentment is the cancer of the soul. It eats away our joy, corrodes our happiness, destroys our outlook on life, and produces a terminal jaundice of the soul so that everything looks negative to us. We cannot be happy because we will not be happy. We cannot be satisfied because we will not be satisfied. Such a person is truly a lost soul—miserable today and miserable tomorrow. Please read Jeremiah 29 contains some amazingly helpful insights about discontentment even though the word itself is never used. So how can we overcome this debilitating condition? I believe the answer (as always) lies with good theology. Sin always stems from wrong thinking about God, about ourselves, and about life in general. After Eden we have never been fully satisfied with anything on earth. And we’re still not satisfied thousands of years later. We always want something different. Here a few signs and symptoms of discontentment - *If we’re young, we want to be older. If we’re old, we wish we were younger. * If it’s old, we want something new. If it’s new, we want something newer. * If it’s small, we want something bigger. If it’s big, we want something really big. * If we’re single, we dream of being married. If we’re married, … (you can finish that sentence yourself.). I submit to you the cure to this viral disease of the soul - a true revelation of who we are and a clear understanding of the will of God for us per season. Pray with me; Lord grant me divine revelations of your plan for me this season IJN
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 07:22:21 +0000
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