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Along with one for Cougar Dating, I've been receiving some strange junk mail over the last few months.
The content of junk mail emails has always struck me funny. It's clear that our society struggles to find contentment. We seem to always be searching for ways to make our waists smaller and below the waists bigger. It's all about bigger and better or smaller and sleeker. We are constantly bombarded with the concept of upgrading and improving all that we have, from relationships to technology. So many products are created to emphasize, enhance or exaggerate the pre-existing state of different areas of our lives. Truth is we very rarely promote being content with what we have.
Hebrews 13:5 says, "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
We live in a fallen world where nothing earthly can satisfy us. As a result of sin, we are seperated from the One who tells us we are worth something, that we are good enough, that we matter. In turn, we spend excessive amounts of time and money trying to be better, look better or live better so that others will approve of us and give us a sense of validation.
Donald Miller puts it this way in Searching for God Knows What:
"Imagine how much a man's life would be changed if he trusted that he was loved by God? He could interact with the poor and not show partiality, he could love his wife easily and not expect her to redeem him, he would be slow to anger because redemption was no longer at stake, he could be wise and giving with his money because money no longer represented points, he could give up on formulaic religion, knowing that checking stuff off on a spiritual to-do list was a worthless pursuit, he would have confidence and the ability to laugh at himself, and he would love people without expecting anything in return. It would be quite beautiful, really."
To be content with what you have, as mentioned in Hebrews, can be difficult. Unless, however, the thing that you have is the Thing that redeems mankind from all of it's crap and establishes true worth and validation.
I am content right now. I am really happy with where I am in life and where I am in the world even. I haven't been able to say that for a really long time so I know it must be true. I am content with what I have though I cannot hold it in my hands.
