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Intro:
Video - Some of those statements are cringe-worthy.
How many have thoughtlessly said myself?
Perpetual discontent is the hallmark of our society.
Keeping the average family unsatisfied is vital to our economic system.
In order to lure me to a particular product, an advertiser must create dissatisfaction for what I have - or a nagging desire for what I don’t need.
It’s as if there is a perpetual channel running in our brains full of messages designed to cause us to be discontented.
To move from discontent (with everything) to contentment means we have to “change the channel” in our heads.
We have to listen to different voices than our culture.
Choosing Contentment
Even Adam & Eve, surrounded by the beauty and perfection of Eden, wanted what they shouldn’t have.
The Israelites weren’t satisfied with God’s provision.
They weren’t satisfied with what God provided, they wanted to order off the menu.
Paul shows us that we choose contentment.
Listen to this.
Paul chooses to be content in the worst circumstances.
He understood where it all comes from.
Avoiding Comparisons
In a land of plenty, we often find ourselves comparing OUR plenty to someone else’s plenty.
John Rockefeller’s infamous answer to the question of “How much?”: “Just a little more.”
Envy occurs when you compare yourself with someone else, and in the comparison feel deprived or lacking.
Envy devalues our self-worth and the uniqueness of God’s creation, gradually distancing us from him and others.
-Nancy Beach in “Seeing Green”
To compare is to covet.
To covet is to lust.
We can lust after all kinds of things:
food, sex, material things, jobs, ministries, really anything.
We see what some else has and can’t stand it unless we have the same.
Don’t Be Greedy
Rockefeller’s answer to “how much?”
Just a little bit more.
It’s like having to split the last piece of pie.
One cuts, the other chooses.
Never fails that the one who cuts feels slighted.
Contentment Comes From Trusting God
Contentment is a great way to discern just how much we believe in and trust God.
Remember competing for part of the last piece of cake or pie?
Mom or Dad telling one of you to cut the piece and the other gets to choose first.
Whichever one the chooser took always looked bigger.
We are created to be satisfied when we are in a complete relationship with God through Christ and will fully experience that in Paradise.
In the meantime, let’s learn to say:
Psa 84:
Conclusion:
Consider this your annual “vaccine” against being discontented
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