I am not very good at contentment. I wrestle with this every day. Maybe it’s the way I’m wired, maybe it’s my experiences, for sure it’s my fallen nature, but I struggle with contentment.
Our culture's contentment is like Cotton Candy. It might taste good, but it’s fleeting. You can’t build your life on it. You can’t eat too much of it, or it will make you sick.
You get a new car, and it smells good for a while, then you get the first door ding, the first spill, the first payment, and you no longer have that rush of happiness when you see it. (Cotton Candy)
You meet this amazing person, and for a while you can’t sleep, work or do anything without thinking about this perfect human being that God has given you. It's not long before you realize they have some quirks, they do some things that irritate you, and they have bad breath. The feelings of euphoria you felt for the first week have left, reality has set in, and the real work of love begins. (Cotton Candy)
You go to a church and the music grabs a hold of your soul. You're amazed at how brilliant and relevant the person is who is giving the message. You keep coming to church, and the music loses it’s emotional edge. There is a song that the worship team does too often, and it’s getting on your nerves. The guy who is giving the messages tells the same joke too often and is a little long winded at times. You realize he is not as brilliant and relevant as you thought. You have to decide that your belief in God is deeper than a feeling, and the real work of faith begins. (Cotton Candy)
What will make you happy? If you have an answer to that question, you will never be content.
“One of the Enemy’s most effective strategies is to get you to focus on what you don’t have, what you used to have, or what someone else has that you wish you had. He does this to keep you from looking around and asking, “God, what can You do through what I have?” Pastor Steven Furtick
11 "I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through Him who gives me strength." (Philippians 4:11-13 NIV)
“Real contentment does not come from more money, material things, the perfect spouse, or the right circumstances. All of these things are Cotton Candy Contentment. Real contentment comes from a rich relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Our culture's contentment is like Cotton Candy. It might taste good, but it’s fleeting. You can’t build your life on it. You can’t eat too much of it, or it will make you sick.
You get a new car, and it smells good for a while, then you get the first door ding, the first spill, the first payment, and you no longer have that rush of happiness when you see it. (Cotton Candy)
You meet this amazing person, and for a while you can’t sleep, work or do anything without thinking about this perfect human being that God has given you. It's not long before you realize they have some quirks, they do some things that irritate you, and they have bad breath. The feelings of euphoria you felt for the first week have left, reality has set in, and the real work of love begins. (Cotton Candy)
You go to a church and the music grabs a hold of your soul. You're amazed at how brilliant and relevant the person is who is giving the message. You keep coming to church, and the music loses it’s emotional edge. There is a song that the worship team does too often, and it’s getting on your nerves. The guy who is giving the messages tells the same joke too often and is a little long winded at times. You realize he is not as brilliant and relevant as you thought. You have to decide that your belief in God is deeper than a feeling, and the real work of faith begins. (Cotton Candy)
What will make you happy? If you have an answer to that question, you will never be content.
“One of the Enemy’s most effective strategies is to get you to focus on what you don’t have, what you used to have, or what someone else has that you wish you had. He does this to keep you from looking around and asking, “God, what can You do through what I have?” Pastor Steven Furtick
11 "I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through Him who gives me strength." (Philippians 4:11-13 NIV)
“Real contentment does not come from more money, material things, the perfect spouse, or the right circumstances. All of these things are Cotton Candy Contentment. Real contentment comes from a rich relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.”
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