Negatively, contentment delivers from worry and fretfulness, from avarice and selfishness. Positively, it leaves us free to enjoy what God has given us.
Contentment is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the soul̓s enjoyment of that peace which passes all understanding. It is the outcome of my will being brought into subjection to the Divine will. It is the blessed assurance that God does all things well, and is, even now, making all things work together for my ultimate good. This experience has to be learned” by “proving what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Rom. 12:2). Contentment is possible only as we cultivate and maintain that attitude of accepting everything which enters our lives as coming from the Hand of Him who is too wise to err, and too loving to cause one of his children a needless tear.
Let our final word be this: real contentment is only possible by being much in the presence of the Lord Jesus. It is only by cultivating intimacy with that One who was never discontent that we shall be delivered from the sin of complaining. It is only by daily fellowship with Him who ever delightcd in the Father̓s will that we shall learn the secret of contentment.
If the wren can cling
To a spray a-swing
In the mad May wind,
And sing and sing,
As if she̓d burst for joy
Why cannot I
Contented lie
In His quiet arms,
Beneath His sky,
Unmoved by life̓s annoy?
To a spray a-swing
In the mad May wind,
And sing and sing,
As if she̓d burst for joy
Why cannot I
Contented lie
In His quiet arms,
Beneath His sky,
Unmoved by life̓s annoy?
From: "Climbing the Heights" by Al Bryant, Copyright 1956, Zondervan Publishing House, Page 219
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