Enough is enough
The more we learn contentment, the more freely we will live generously.
If your definition of enough keeps growing, your contentment will always be shrinking.
Luke 12:15-21 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
When you forget the Giver, you start worshiping the gifts.
Contentment doesn’t begin when you finally have enough, it begins when you stop expecting what you have to satisfy what only God can
Philippians 4:11-12“ I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
Contentment is learned, not earned.
1. You learn contentment by practicing gratitude.
2. You learn contentment by breaking the habit of comparison.
3. You learn contentment by practicing giving.
4. You learn contentment by trusting God with everything.
God knows exactly what generosity costs.
John 3:16 says,"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son."
Love gives.
What are you holding on to so tightly that it's keeping you from trusting God completely? You will never find contentment in the things you're unwilling to surrender to God.