Contentment
Paul says to the Philippians, "Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me" (Phil. 4:11-13).
After listing off a slew of awful things that have occurred, Habakkuk proclaims, "yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength..." (Habakkuk 3:18-19).
Oh how I am struggling (and have been) with being content with where I am in life. How long will this last? Do circumstances need to change or do I just need to accept things as they are? Lord, You alone satisfy me. Teach me this contentment. But how long, O Lord, must I continue like this? I want to follow You, obey You, delight in You and each day, but the struggle is real. Yes, Lord, You are my strength. Please wrap me tightly in Your arms and tell me it's going to be okay as the tears slowly flow down my cheeks. I feel purposeless. I am viewing almost everything with a negative perspective. I ask for direction and guidance, wisdom and assurance.
Rainer Maria Rilke said, “Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart…Try to love the questions themselves…Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given because you would not be able to live them—and the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answers.”
Lord, please give me patience. Help me to trust Your timing. Help me to hear Your still, small voice and follow where You lead, as scary as that may be. I want control, and yet, I lift up my arms and give that control to You, the sovereign Lord. Please enable me to delight in the work before me, where I am, and with the people You have placed in my life. Lord, Your perfect love casts out fear. Calm my anxious, fearful, overthinking, worrisome heart. Only You can.
After listing off a slew of awful things that have occurred, Habakkuk proclaims, "yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength..." (Habakkuk 3:18-19).
Oh how I am struggling (and have been) with being content with where I am in life. How long will this last? Do circumstances need to change or do I just need to accept things as they are? Lord, You alone satisfy me. Teach me this contentment. But how long, O Lord, must I continue like this? I want to follow You, obey You, delight in You and each day, but the struggle is real. Yes, Lord, You are my strength. Please wrap me tightly in Your arms and tell me it's going to be okay as the tears slowly flow down my cheeks. I feel purposeless. I am viewing almost everything with a negative perspective. I ask for direction and guidance, wisdom and assurance.
Rainer Maria Rilke said, “Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart…Try to love the questions themselves…Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given because you would not be able to live them—and the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answers.”
Lord, please give me patience. Help me to trust Your timing. Help me to hear Your still, small voice and follow where You lead, as scary as that may be. I want control, and yet, I lift up my arms and give that control to You, the sovereign Lord. Please enable me to delight in the work before me, where I am, and with the people You have placed in my life. Lord, Your perfect love casts out fear. Calm my anxious, fearful, overthinking, worrisome heart. Only You can.
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