Content with Christ

Tonight at church, we had a guest speaker, Dr. Sam Davison. I was touched by his message, so I thought I'd share my thoughts on it here.

Ok, first, I have to admit, I'm not the type to read through Numbers with great excitement...y'all who are more spiritual can criticize all you want :) , but I just tend to get caught up with all the nitty-gritty historical stuff than actual applicable life lessons. Still, though, I was really challenged when I was shown 1 Corinthians 10, where the Bible tells us that such passages were meant to teach us something......Anyway, long story short......we're in Numbers 11. Which is a seriously depressing chapter. People start lusting and complaining, they get mad, Moses gets mad, and God is displeased with the whole thing, and lots of people end up dying from a plague.....really, what can we learn from that?! well, the cause for that whole mess was simple: discontentment. Honestly, the Israelites had no right to be discontent. God had delivered them from bondage only about 14 months earlier. All their needs were met, and His presence was with them every step of the way. But before we get too hard on the Israelites, do we really have any reason to be discontent? I mean, we've never been slaves, had to leave the only homes we'd ever known, or wander for months in the desert , have we? I know we have different challenges these days, but truly, there is no way to justify our discontentment. Sure, we can say it's because of this person's attitude or actions, or because of that circumstance, but when all the excuses are stripped away, all that is left is the fact that we are no longer finding our contentment in Christ. The moment we seek for it elsewhere, everything falls apart! But guess what? No one else is capable of affecting your contentment in Christ! (sounds so good, doesn't it? the hard part is, that means it really is up to us...ouch!) Anyway, when I heard that message it spoke to my heart about how easy I find it to blame my attitude and actions on what others around me are doing. Honestly, it's just me, being discontent in Christ and trying to satisfy my flesh instead. So, there's some food for thought this week. Let's strive to find our contentment in Christ this week....'cause He's more than capable of fulfilling all our needs!