Being Content

Last night we were in small groups at church and we had a really good conversation about being content with where we are in life. We started talking about the places that we are in life and how we are dealing with them. The issues we had were relationship issues, family issues, and just dealing with the stresses that life throughs at us. The question of contentment was brought up this way, are we content in the current situation(s) that we are in. So many time we like to get mad at God when we are in a place in life that is really hard. Whether it be a break up or someone has wronged you. We tend to get so caught up in the hard times and forget to realize who is in control and what it is the God might be doing with us. I'm not saying that God puts us through all the bad stuff that we go through but I'm saying that we should look at our current situations as ways to draw closer to God and rely on him more.
The idea of contentment we thought was something that we felt is something we need to work on daily. It's not like you pray to be content one day and then magically it happens. We as believers need to realize that where we are in life is not by accident, this is where God has you. It might be hard and unpleasant where you are at right now but it's way better then what we deserve. To touch on that point when we were having this discussion someone brought up the point that the Bible never talks about life being super easy the moment we accepted Jesus into our lives. Infact it talks about how it isn't easy, Paul says that we get to suffer with Christ. Last time I checked suffering isn't easy. We deserve nothing but death and punishment from the Lord. But the greatest thing about our God is that he paid that price so we don't have to. So look at it this way, though our current situations might suck but it's no where near what we should be going through.
So how do we find peace and joy in our situations so we can be content with our life.Get lost in Jesus!!! Fall in love with Jesus, focus on Jesus, Jesus Jesus Jesus! Looking to the Lord and focusing on all his promises is the only way we can do this. By focusing on him and all his promises we can have a hope and peace knowing that not only are we doing life with a purpose but we get to see that God is always there with us and will help us and give us the strength to get through our current situations.
So my my prayer for today is that we take our eyes off our current situations and put them on God. I pray that we would have the strength and courage to give him all our cares, worries, plans, and future to him and let him take control. Knowing that God is in control and that he's handling everything will help you realize that your life is good and you can start living life being content.