Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I sat at my kitchen table to spend my Time with the One Who “placed all the stars in the sky and knows them each by name” and the view from here matches what my heart feels this morning…it’s Content. That may not seem like much, but Contentment isn’t an easy place to find and Contentment is a blessing. Contentment is something that most people never find because Contentment always comes down to Surrender and Trust. When we can Surrender whatever the day brings and Trust Him with our Lives…we find our way to Contentment and the Heart feels like the sky from my kitchen window looks. Isn’t that the way you find Contentment too?

It can be so easy for people to think that for a Child of the Living God to be content it means that we accept where we are in life and that we give up on ever being someplace else. But that’s not it at all. Contentment doesn’t mean that we give up or that we quit hoping or trying because we’re satisfied with things being just the way they are. Contentment means that we’re at PEACE with where we are and we Trust the Living God to Lead us and to Grow us…and to NEVER forsake us… no matter what. There’s a big difference between being a Content Child of the Living God and a spiritual slug. The Content ones keep moving, keep praying, keep believing, keep hoping and are ALWAYS striving for Better…and they Serve the King with Joy through it all. Spiritual slugs have taken “let go and let God” to an entirely different level. They not only expect Him do the Heavy Lifting while they creep along through life; they quit Serving and Believing and they can’t find their Contentment in Who they are in Christ because of it. They claim to have a Heart for the King, but they have no desire to Serve Him because of where they are. They have no Peace. They have no Contentment…and in some ways they have no Hope. It’s a very sad thing to watch people refuse to do anything for the One Who gave them life…UNTIL He fixes whatever it is that they want Him to fix first. Because they don’t know what Contentment is, they’ll spend however long they spend daring God to do whatever it is that they want God to do to make life better FIRST, and THEN they’ll consider doing what He wants them to do. It’s sad but true.

Everybody has challenges. Everybody has heartbreak. Everybody has baggage. Everybody gets scared sometimes. Everybody wonders what tomorrow will bring. Everybody longs for more. But not everybody Knows the way to Contentment through it all. It’s only when we grasp that we “live in the moment” but He Lives through Eternity that we find Contentment and Peace. Only God knows “the rest of the story” and only He can Determine the Outcome. But as long as we withhold our Praise and our Thanks and our Trust because of our circumstances and we refuse to Serve Him until He gets our life in order otherwise; we lose our Contentment and Peace and WE make it impossible for Him to move us past the Mountain. Contentment comes to those who Trust Him with the reigns and who BELIEVE that He has a Perfect Plan for their lives. The Content Ones are NEVER “settling for less” or giving up striving for more….the Content Ones just know who’s really in Control and they Trust Him.

There are plenty of things in my life that I’d change if I had the power in my own hands to change them, But I KNOW that God knows my Heart and He’s aware of each one of them. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that He has a Plan much better than anything I could come up with on my own. In the meantime, I’m dreaming…I’m hoping…I’m loving…I’m trusting…I’m Serving my King with Joy and I’m at Peace in the storm. I’m Content.

How about you?