The Blue Church

I want to be a teenager

I want to graduate high school

I want to graduate college

I want a job

I want to be married

I want to have children

I want to travel

I want a new car

I want to own a home

I want better health

I want better relationships

I want to be busier….

 

I want to be a teenager again

I miss my high school days

I hate my job

My spouse is driving me crazy

My kids are driving me crazy

I am in debt from all of my traveling

My car bills are through the ceiling

This home is too big

This home is too small

My fitness club membership costs too much

I want less relationships and more time to myself

I want to be less busy

I want to retire

 

And the secret?

 

¹² I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” – Philippians 4:12-13

 

Have you learned the secret of being content in any and every situation?

 

Here are some necessary pieces of “the secret”:

 

• Ask God to help you to be content. If you are still discontented, keep praying.
• Offer thankfulness to God for all things (for, even in the struggles He is refining your faith).
• Offer praise to God, no matter what you are going through, for He is worthy.
• Accept that God is sovereign and over all things, and all things are from His hand. There is a time and a purpose for all things under heaven.
• Look for ways to glorify Him and bless others, no matter what your circumstances are.
• Pray that God would help you to be more humble.
• Seek God’s will and not your own.  
• Stay in God’s Word – it is an excellent shield against discontent.

 

You can do all these things, through Him who gives you strength.

 

Rob