'Contentment, Not Satisfaction
Contentment, Not Satisfaction
"I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am." Philippians 4:11
"As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness!" Psalm 17:15
We must distinguish between contentment and satisfaction .
We are to strive to be content in every state; but we are never to be satisfied in this world, whether our circumstances are prosperous or adverse. Satisfaction can come only when we awake in Christ's likeness in the next world of eternal blessedness.
We are not to seek contentment by restraining or crushing the continual cravings and longings of our souls.
Yet we are meant as Christians to live amid all circumstances in quiet calmness and unbroken peace, in sweet restfulness of soul, wholly independent of the strifes and storms about us, and undisturbed by them.
Content in whatever state, yet never satisfied — that is the ideal life for every Christian.