Learning to Be Content
August 21, 2022
4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless — like chasing the wind. (Ecclesiastes 4:4)
30 Envy makes the bones rot. (Proverbs 14:30 ESV)
Free from the Comparison Trap:
1. Eliminate the .
13 If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind. (James 3:13-16)
2. Enjoy .
9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless — like chasing the wind. (Ecclesiastes 6:9)
24 This is the day the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)
16 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-17)
3. Express my .
18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
4. Learn to be .
11 …for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:11-13)
ends where comparison begins.
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