Being content is a funny thing. Just when I think I got it, I don't. There is always something trying to steal me away from being satisfied in my savior, Christ alone. It's so basic really. It's all about Jesus. Every answer to every problem. Every answer to every question is the same. Jesus. Of course I have heard it before, the gospel is simple. Keep it simple. However, I sometimes forget. Life, people, situations, things, etc. tend to get complicated at times. Yet once again The answer is Jesus.
When God says, " Be content," He whispers to those with willing hearts, "I am enough. Find your satisfaction in Me." (James MacDonald)
That seems to sum it up for me right now. I tend to get bored at times with the routine's of life, the mundane. During those times I find myself on Facebook, checking emails, checking the news, looking for something to entertain me, satisfy me. It never does. It does waste a lot of time though.
1 Timothy 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
Contentment has a partner. Godliness with contentment is great gain. Godliness keeps you pressing on, growing in your walk with Christ. It's refusing to be OK with where you are.
Contentment, on the other hand, is being satisfied with what you have. Godliness is not content with who I am; contentment is being satisfied with what I have, satisfied with what God has provided. (James MacDonald)
So my prayer today is that I would continue to grow in my relationship with Christ and to be satisfied in Him alone. To stop looking to other "things".
Matthew 6:21 "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also"
Whatever I value as most important (my treasure) is where I will find my heart. Is Jesus my treasure? Does He occupy the center of my heart? (my intellect, emotions, will, personality?) Does He occupy my thoughts more than anything else? Is He the first thought in the morning and the last thought at night? Right now for me, He is in competition with my husband and my children. They are on my mind a lot. HE is too, however He needs priority.
Thank you God for opening my eyes to see my need for Jesus to be my treasure. Thank you for showing me that Jesus is the only one who satisfies.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
A New Year
Wow, another new year. The years do really go by faster the older I get. Especially now that I am a mother and I can see my children growing as each year passes. My oldest daughter will be 4 years old this month. I can't really believe it. It used to only be my birthday when I would reflect on the year past and the year to come as well as each New Years day. But now that I have children, I find myself thinking of the years of their life and the years to come. The rest of the year for the most part life is happening and I get caught up in the days and months. When I think about time, I am reminded of a verse in 2 Peter 3:8:
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Simply put, God is not bound by time. What seems like a long time to us is but a short time to God. Much like an hour for a child seems like forever but goes by so quickly for an adult. I am so thankful that God is in control of time. I have been thinking a lot lately about Jesus' return for us. I get so caught up in my days and the cares of my days that I often lose sight of the big picture. Jesus. He will be coming back one day to bring all those who believe in Him as their savior to heaven. My greatest desire and prayer for my children (and of course everyone) is that they would know Jesus at a young age and that they would follow Him all the days of their lives. All of the other details don't compare to this one, Jesus. This life here on earth is so short in comparison to eternity. My mind can not even comprehend forever, eternity, but it is reality. As Peter puts it best, 2 Peter 3:9-10:
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat the earth also and the works that are theirein shall be burned up.
I am trying to stay mindful this year that Jesus can come back at any time. I want my focus to first be on Him so that He can direct me in the area's He wants my focus to be on.
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Simply put, God is not bound by time. What seems like a long time to us is but a short time to God. Much like an hour for a child seems like forever but goes by so quickly for an adult. I am so thankful that God is in control of time. I have been thinking a lot lately about Jesus' return for us. I get so caught up in my days and the cares of my days that I often lose sight of the big picture. Jesus. He will be coming back one day to bring all those who believe in Him as their savior to heaven. My greatest desire and prayer for my children (and of course everyone) is that they would know Jesus at a young age and that they would follow Him all the days of their lives. All of the other details don't compare to this one, Jesus. This life here on earth is so short in comparison to eternity. My mind can not even comprehend forever, eternity, but it is reality. As Peter puts it best, 2 Peter 3:9-10:
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat the earth also and the works that are theirein shall be burned up.
I am trying to stay mindful this year that Jesus can come back at any time. I want my focus to first be on Him so that He can direct me in the area's He wants my focus to be on.
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