Contentment AND Godliness

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.