Two Beautiful Truths; I’ve been meditating on Hebrews 13:5-6 on contentment.
Two Promises of God to build a life of Contentment;it was written to people who were suffering. How beautiful these promises!
“Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,” so that we confidently say, “The Lord id my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?” -{Hebrews 13:5-6}
Be Content- “contained,” “enough, adequate, Sufficient,”with the implication Satisfied!
The confidence comes from the promise of verse five that He will never leave us … therefore we “ confidently”-cheerfully courageously say, based on that certainty – the LORD, the absolute Master, Owner, all powerful Present One is my “Help.“ The Word means – “upon hearing a cry for help runs to assist the one in distress!” He runs to our aid!
Now HE is reason for us to live our lives content!
When the writer of Hebrews wrote to these people they were suffering, so he was saying in their difficult circumstances they could know contentment not by waiting for a change in their circumstances but because of the ever present triumphant Christ who was present with them in their circumstances!
The great miracle – was not that they were delivered “from” their circumstances but that they could be content “in” their circumstances!
Two Beautiful Promises of God to build a life of Contentment;
1.- I have the Pleasure of His Company!
{…”for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.”
2.- I have the Privilege of His Help!
{therefore I don’t need to be afraid of people!…for “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”}
“Contentment,” – Is to be Satisfied with Him and His promises! He is enough!
I am content!