Satisfied

"I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." — Philippians 4:11


Discontentment is a sense of dissatisfaction, restlessness, and more plainly, the absence of being at peace and content. One writer suggests that discontent for a Christian is a walking contradiction. For, how is it that we can profess to serve the living God and at the same time choose not to be at peace with His provision?


Through the apostle Paul we learn that contentment is something that needs to be cultivated. If we have a mind to, we will become better and better at choosing satisfaction, through the grace of God.


“You have no need to sow thistles and brambles; they come up naturally enough, because they are indigenous to earth, upon which rests the curse; so you have no need to teach men to complain, they complain fast enough without any education. But the precious things of the earth must be cultivated. If we would have wheat, we must plough and sow; if we want flowers, there must be the garden, and all the gardener's care. Now, contentment is one of the flowers of heaven, and if we would have it, it must be cultivated. It will not grow in us by nature; it is the new nature alone that can produce it, and even then we must be specially careful and watchful that we maintain and cultivate the grace which God has sown in it. Paul says, "I have learned to be content;" as much as to say he did not know how at one time. It cost him some pains to attain to the mystery of that great truth.” Charles Spurgeon


“While happiness is a feeling that comes and goes, contentment is a choice.” A change in perspective can change our feelings and emotions and influence our behavior. 


We choose to be satisfied!




GiGi❤️