As we study contentment, I think I’ve got it a little wrong in my brain. I think contentment, like joy, is a posture of my heart and a choice that I must continually make. Contentment is not an emotion, not a warm fuzzy feeling. But I never have a day that is really covered up with my weaknesses and I say, “Ahhh…I am so content right now.” But Paul does.
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God’s abundance and blessings are not just so that we will feel all the happy feels and love Him more. We are blessed in order to give to others. We are blessed to do good works. We are blessed in order to be MORE than ready to do what needs to be done.
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This verse just makes me take a deep breath. Everything that I need…God has got it covered. That means I don’t have to worry. It means that fear and doubt are a waste of my time. It means that I should be content.
I read somewhere that this verse is a New Testament promise that points back to Elisha and the widow and the miracle of the oil from 2 Kings 4.
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