Obsessively Good Enough: Day 5

Be content.... Right. With the world we live in, our lives are built on anything but contentment. I was taught at a young age to always be striving and pushing for the best. On the other hand, my mother was shoving a particular verse into my brain any time she heard me complain. "In whatsoever state I am....." She was would start in her sing song voice. "therewith, to be content." I would grumble back. It became a joke as I grew older.

I read 1 Timothy 6 and I found the idea of being content a focal point. It's not easy to be content when we you grow up in a materialistic/ vain driven society. I had to stop and really think about it. What I found truly ironic(or miraculous) was I had just finished praying with requests such as... "Please, help my husband's business to grow so that I may have the opportunity to stay home some day." Or, "Please help me to keep losing weight so I can look good like other people...." etc. It's no wonder God needed to slap me in the face with this truth. I must look at myself right now in this moment and be content. Period.

Does this mean I slack off? No, I don't think so. I think I continue to work on my health. I continue to do my best as a teacher. Most importantly, I continue to dig in God's Word and grow in Jesus everyday. But, I don't do it with grumblings and disgust because of the position that I am currently in. I do it grateful that God loved me enough to help me lose the weight I have already lost. I do it knowing that God has clothed me and fed me and I have no true needs unmet. I do it pleased and with joy. I do it knowing that this is a life journey not a quick fix. I must learn to always be content.

I Timothy 6:6-8

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having good and raiment let us be therewith content.