Saturday, December 30, 2023

Contented and a few other things

The other day I was struggling with just feeling overwhelmed by the way culture is etc and I felt the Lord's presence in a great and powerful way..I then got in the car to go to work and a song came on the radio that I've never heard of before called "the Goodness of the Lord"..I just needed that reminder that God is still good in the not so good world that we are currently living in ever since the fall of Adam and Eve the world isn't perfect and won't be until Christ comes back. I then get to work and park my car and look down and it says "333" which is the miles listed until I run out of Gas (see previous postings about that number). Defintely a God wink! Someone I know (not going to name names) has been struggling with being contented in their job..they don't like it and want to change..My mom gave me a book that she got in the airport talking about being a Man of God and she thought of this person and got it for them but then she had me look at it and then i just randomly turned to the page on contentment and it talked specifically about not being happy in your job etc but you can find the joy in God and he brings you contentment when you can't find it. About a day or two goes by and when I woke up on this particular day the Holy Spirit was putting words in my head about Contentment and He said.."Nothing in this world will ever bring true contentment as things and people will always let us down eventually..however true Joy/contentment comes from the Father and he desires to give this to everyone who believes/has relationship with him..(it goes back to living in a fallen world)..You think that by changing jobs or moving to a new location will bring you happiness but you will find things that will disappooint you such as increase cost of living, too much traffic, people that annoy you or that you don't get along with..you see nothing in this life is perfect except for Jesus Christ who is completely holy and pure and paid the penalty for our sins so that we as unholy people can have a right standing with God the Father so we can live for all of eternity.." Wow...So very true...So let this be an encouragement to all of you...stop filling our lives with stuff or trying to find the next best thing when really he's standing right in front of you..all you have to do is accept him..We can never fill the empytiness or discontement with things as like he said these things are temporary and will let us down...So fill your life with a loving relationship with the Father as he will supply all your needs!