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Discontented? But isn't God Enough?, Should we not be contented enough in God

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Ang

Posted: Mar 27 2009, 10:16 PM

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I was listening to this: http://www.bju.edu/events/chapel/mp3/2009-03-16.mp3

And it is well worth the listen to!

It made me realize a few things!

http://www.bju.edu/events/chapel/notes.php...5&day=24&day=16

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To be discontent means you have abandoned a biblical view of God � you think you need something more. Discontent means you�ve abandoned a biblical response to God � you�ve abandoned that absolute surrender. Discontent is rooted in unbelief. You�re saying that God hasn�t provided everything you need and that God Himself is not everything you need � you need something more to be content. That is a lie of unbelief.

Can you be content because God is here? When someone says, �God is with you,� does that settle your soul? If it is no comfort to you when God says that He will never leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5), you don�t really know Who God is. Covetousness means that Who God is doesn�t satisfy you and what He has supplied does not satisfy you. We�ll only be ruined by our own covetousness, not by our circumstances � ever. We�re ruined by our own heart�s lust for more. Where there is the smoke of whining, complaining and bitterness, there is the fire of covetousness. The root of covetousness is unbelief. The opposite of unbelieving discontent is the gratefulness of a heart full of joy and peace because of God (Romans 15:13). When we�re discouraged, we need hope. Contentment is joy and peace.

It made me realize that how I have been unhappy at the fall of this forum (no one posts) and of my own forums (medical one) that maybe it was a blessing in disguise. I mean I spend so much time online and have no life and am always seeking more to be happy but is my covetousness only leading to my ultimate downfall? I am not happy because I am trying to achieve something more as if God has not already supplied me with all I need? Don't I realize that gaming and people I do not even know online are not what I ultimately need? I need God. I need to seek Him, and follow Him, and give myself over totally to Him and have faith that all will be okay.

After all I am still here despite losing both my kidneys when I was 16 and I have a roof over my head, food on my table, a family who loves me, and now a fiance who wants to spend his life with me. I am so lucky yet I feel something missing and try to fill up the void with material possessions or people praising how well I do online. That is not going to make me happy and has not done so so far!

I realize now one thing for certain: God is Enough. I need not anything more. I am fine. And in that I am now Content.

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Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path.
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