“I have learned, in whatever situation I am in, to be content.” Philippians 4:11

“…and be content with such things as you have: for he (Jesus) has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

“Godliness with contentment is great gain.” 1 Timothy 6:6

God’s plan for each of us is to be content. The Bible is clear in the verses above (and many others) about that. Now that truth has been mis-represented and twisted to justify all kinds of selfish and sinful attitudes and behaviors—that’s mis-using the Scripture. But it is still true: God wants His Children to be content.

The kind of contentment we’re talking about is rest or quietness of the mind *IN* the present condition…a trust in His power that overcomes complaint. An assurance of His faithfulness that smothers unrestrained desire.

Notice that contentment goes along with Godliness (1Tim 6:1). We cannot be Godly and continue to be swayed by the negative circumstance that come our way. He is enough. His Grace is sufficient.

One of the major works of the Holy Spirit within us is to enable us to be satisfied in our heart and mind that God has every situation under control… even the ones where Satan seems to be winning.

For most of us, this isn’t a very simple thing…We are going along just fine and then, zammo! Things start falling apart and evil is triumphing and our peace is in shambles. Before we know it we have allowed discontentment to set in. (When this happens we nearly always blow every other little thing out of perspective and start trying to destroy everyone else’s peace, too.)

God calls us to be content, to totally lean on Him for all the necessities of life, including our peace (attitudes) as well as our conversation (behavior). This calls us to TRUST Him … that He who began a good work in you WILL be faithful to complete it. That He KNOWS best, to be satisfied that He CAN and WILL protect us under His wings, and to know that absolutely nothing comes our way that takes our heavenly Father by surprise.