Contentment is great gain

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

Contentment is something I think about a lot, probably because I tend towards discontentment There is something in me that longs for more than I have

“I’ll be happy, or satisfied, or at peace when this obstacle is removed from my life, or I get a new car, or a new job, or I retire, or I lose those extra pounds…” (fill in the blank).

The true root of those longings, I believe, is God-given, but they get twisted in my heart and mind so that the things I long for are not always healthy

The longing for some-

Sundays at 10:00 a m Rev. Jason Truell

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thing more stems from the intrinsic knowledge that there is more to life than what we can experience with our five senses. There is a God who created us for something bigger, better, higher and more satisfying than the things we normally try to fill our lives with. The problem is really an existential question: Why do we exist? What is life about? I believe, intellectually at least (I’m working at getting my heart in line with what I know is true), that true peace and contentment can only be found in knowing God and living the life he designed for me in Jesus. All the other things I try to fill my life with are distractions and counterfeits

As I have walked with Jesus, I have experienced his kind of peace many times and this experience of deep satisfaction in him, ironically, makes me thirsty for more.

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