Thursday, April 14, 2022

Contentment

“Be content with your wages” (Luke 3:14).

“Be content with such things as ye have”
(Hebrews 13:5).

A survey of some 1,500 Canadians asked how much pre-tax money would they need to make them feel comfortable. There were a variety of answers, but what really caught my attention was the conclusion of the matter by the financial institution that conducted the survey. Their assessment of it was as follows: “The more people earn the more they believe they need!”

As believers, we must remember that God has promised to supply all our “needs” — not necessarily all our “wants.” Our hearts are tricky and deceitful too, and sometimes we think if we had more we could do more for the Lord. But the truth of the matter is, if the Lord wants us to do more, He will give us more.

It is good for us, like the Apostle Paul, to be able to say, “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content” (Philippians 4:11). We may think we need more,

“But godliness with contentment is great gain”
(1 Timothy 6:6).