The Secret of Contentment Part IV

"Contentment is wanting what you have,

not necessarily having what you want."

Why? Because as soon as we get what we want, we want something else, something more, something better. Contentment is choosing to be satisfied with what we have.

Contentment is a choice just as faith is a choice. And what is faith?

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for

and certain of what we do not see.”

Hebrews 11:1

The first step to achieving the secret of contentment is to become certain of what we do not see.

What do we see?

We see our circumstances.

What do we not see?

We do not see how our situation makes any sense.

How do we correct this? Hebrews 12:2 has the answer: we deliberately choose to “fix our eyes on Jesus”.

Where we focus our eyes is so incredibly important. I am talking about our physical eyes and well as our spiritual eyes. The two are connected. They do not call eyes the windows to the soul for nothing!

Jesus explained,

"The eye is the lamp of the body.

If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.”

Matthew 6:22-23

It seems that if we can get control of our eyes, our whole body will be full of light -- could this mean contentment? I think so.

Stay tuned, and I will share with you one way that we can help our eye "be good."

Thanks for reading, thanks for sharing this link with your loved ones and friends. Readers, I really do thank God for you.