The Secret of Contentment {a devotional}
But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6.
Pure religion brings peace, happiness, contentment; godliness is profitable to this life and the life to come.
That
unrest and discontent which ends in fretting and complaining is sinful;
but the discontent with one’s self which urges on to more earnest
effort for greater improvement of the mind for a broader field of
usefulness is praiseworthy. This discontent does not end in
disappointment but in gathering force for a higher and more extended
field of usefulness. Only be ever balanced by firm religious principle
and a sensitive conscience, having ever the fear of God before you, and
you will certainly prosper in becoming fitted for a life of usefulness.
We
should live for the next world. It is so wretched to live a haphazard,
aimless life. We want an object in life—to live for a purpose. God help
us all to be self-sacrificing, less self-caring, more forgetful of self
and selfish interest; and to do good, not for the honor we expect to
receive here, but because this is the object of our life and will answer
the end of our existence. Let our daily prayer go up to God that He
will divest us of selfishness....
I
have seen that those who live for a purpose, seeking to benefit and
bless their fellow men and to honor and glorify their Redeemer, are the
truly happy ones on the earth, while the man who is restless,
discontented, and seeking this and testing that, hoping to find
happiness, is always complaining of disappointment. He is always in
want, never satisfied, because he lives for himself alone. Let it be
your aim to do good, to act your part in life faithfully.
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