It’s amazing how often God interjects his voice in just the right time to prepare you for situations.
While working out last Thursday morning I listened to a sermon on Godly contentment. How often, we seek and seek and seek yet fail to be content in the provisions of God. Content that, while life isn’t how we planned, it is what God has put into motion. I was struck at the realization that I am always seeking – waiting, looking, hoping for that next thing, be it a significant other, a promotion, a better house, more friends, cooler furniture, more time with my family. There is always a sense of discontentment in my life.
It amazed me that God reminded me so quickly and in a way that spoke to me that my contentment should be in Him.
Just as I had processed and found satisfaction in that, my past and I met face to face and rehashed old hurts. It reminded me that God had brought me so far in my life and in my faith. While it hurt to recall the past and the manner in which I had failed, I was also reminded of how God had been with me and endured alongside me. How, while in the pit, He was there. While confused and lost in the wilderness, He continued to navigate my life. He waited for me, and I can wait for my desires, too – I am content in God. He will provide in His time – His perfect time. He will lead me beside still and calm waters of life and restore me with His grace and gentleness.
