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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Contentment Part III

In my third post on the topic of contentment I will be making some final conclusions about the results of contentment bring.  These results are the secret of being content with who you are individually so you will be able to be a complete person.  This involves resting in yourself and not in others.
The results of contentment in a Christian aspect is resting in your relationship with God.  When we are content, with our relationship with God everything else will be given to us.  We are able to trust with what we are given and what God has for us in the future.  This is key to our future life with Christ in the present and future.  Our rest daily should be found in God alone like it says in Hebrews 4:1-13 not anything of this world.
God also calls us to be content with our life here and now.  He wants to remind us when we aren't content that he has a plan for us; as it describes in Jeremiah 29:11.  Also, his will is good, pleasing, and perfect in Romans 12:2.  He will lead us to his calling for us if we abide in him.  John 15:1-7 calls us to abide in him and give ourselves to him because Jesus is the vine.  John describes that this leads to a life of love.
Contentment from an overall perspective means just resting in what you have.  This means as far as your possessions go and the things you have at the moment.  Contentment will help us know ourselves and who we are before we can trust others.
Contentment leads us to trust in that the blessings of our future.  It will give us perspective in leading us to the right spouse and job.  Those are one of the many results of contentment, though the main result is just resting in God daily.  If we are content in Christ, all things will be given to us.  God is in control of our life;1 Chron 29:11 and sees even the sparrows' path.  He values every living creature and loves us all the same.
As I end this entry, I remind my followers trust in God's plans for your life.  He calls us to abide in him, trust in his will, rest in what we have, and he is in control of everything in our life.

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