Contentment {Romans 8:18-30}
11:30 PM
Tuesday,
February 5, 2019
Please
read: Romans
8:18-30
I heard a story about a
lumberjack who was going through a plot of woods to be cut. He noticed a
mother bird starting to build her nest. He knew her
chicks would hatch when the trees were cut down and they would probably
die. So he devised a plan…
Each day he went to that tree
and shook it until she left to build her nest in another tree. Each day
the mother bird flew around wondering, “What’s up with this guy harassing me
so much?” He did this day after day… tree after tree… until finally she
built her nest safely on the rocks of a cliff.
“Trouble” was the lumberjack’s
way of keeping her and chicks safe. What we think is trouble may very
well be God’s way of ultimately protecting us.
God
has a purpose for our lives and as much as we would like for our lives to be
happy, God’s plan is to fulfill His purpose.
Jeremiah
29:11
When
you are not a believer, and life is tough and it seems like you don’t ever get
your way, you blame everyone else. Even
as a believer we struggle because we are living in this sin-filled world, we
still want that “one break”. We want
this life to be or become easier.
Maybe
you thought she wouldn’t die from that illness; or maybe you are following that
financial plan and you thought it would lead you to not struggle to pay your
bills; or perhaps you thought by now your wayward child would be sitting next
to you in church.
Whatever
your thoughts and plans are, God’s plan is to be glorified. We need to turn our thoughts away from
questioning why this hardship is happening, into accepting that God is allowing
it because He is doing something in my life that will result in my good! We are to trust in God and not life’s
treasures. We need to find security in
heaven and not on earth.
Things don’t
work out better and for the good BECAUSE a person is a Christian; GOD MAKES
things works out for the Christian’s good.
GOD is the one who is active in these events so that we are ultimately
blessed. So you see, God gets the glory.
Our
attitude reveals our heart every time something difficult arises. When we are frustrated with our life, with
what is happening and the circumstances we are in are difficult, it appears we
don’t understand or believe God. We just
don’t grasp Romans
8:28. Those who complain about their lot in
life or play the martyr or find fault in others first, are not living by faith
nor do they truly believe what God has said in Romans 8:28. We truly need to think biblically. And since we cannot think as God thinks, we
must learn to trust Him in all things. Proverbs
3:5
The
story of the lumberjack and the birds reminds me that God knows exactly what I
need and I don’t need to run around trying to find all the answers. Matthew
6:32
True contentment is only found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Blessings ladies,
Lisa Thayer
True contentment is only found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Blessings ladies,
Lisa Thayer
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