I’m finally learning the secret of contentment – it’s not pursuing, desiring or hoping for thing I don’t have [yet]. It’s on bathing in God’s goodness, remembering how he’s has met all my needs in the past and simply enjoying what He has provided me already. As long as my focus is on the things I don’t have, my view of God is someone who is depraving of all the good things that I should have, which other people take them for granted. But, if I focus on the things I already have, it’s not hard to find all the things that I have, which I don’t deserve in the first place! This is one reason why Moses keeps reminding Israelites to remember what God has done and make sure that the children area also aware of it!
I realize that focusing on what I don’t have is the way the Serpent tempted our 1st parents. Often we think how foolish of Adam and Eve for taking the fruit when they had the whole garden to enjoy for themselves. But, we forget that once we begin to focus on one thing that we don’t have, all the blessings we have received become like shadow. And soon enough, we become unhappy w/ one thing that we don’t have.
I realize that focusing on what I don’t have is the way the Serpent tempted our 1st parents. Often we think how foolish of Adam and Eve for taking the fruit when they had the whole garden to enjoy for themselves. But, we forget that once we begin to focus on one thing that we don’t have, all the blessings we have received become like shadow. And soon enough, we become unhappy w/ one thing that we don’t have.
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amen, brotha~ :)
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