Contentment and Spiritual Peace

What do you give someone who has everything? No matter how much we get, we are never satisfied. Discontentment is a reproducing seed that starts in the heart. Arrogance, conceit, and anxiety are the ways discontentment shows up. The saying, “I can’t get no satisfaction,” describes most of our personalities. The more we get, the more we want. The heart's desires will always be greater than we can ever become. When you are consumed by selfishness and conceit, it will get the best of you. If you don’t get your way about everything, it can make you unhappy. Happiness comes from within, not from material things that we possess. You must first learn to be happy with yourself and be content with what you have. When you worry about what others have, you will measure your success by what they have. 

Hebrews 13:5 says, “Let your conversations be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” We should not talk about or wish for possessions. God has blessed you according to His will. We have the promise that God will never leave us nor forsake us. Decide to be content. God has blessed us with eternal life through Christ. Salvation is free, but it’s not cheap. Being saved by the atoning sacrificial work of the Lord Jesus Christ should make us the most content people in the world. You must learn to be content through prayer and being an effective witness for the Lord.

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