Discontentment can ruin just about any situation. It’s the thought that I’ve got to change my circumstances, or obtain something I don’t currently have to achieve happiness and fulfillment. The reality is that you already have what you need to be happy. Happiness is an attitude, not a location or possession.
Paul, the apostle, was in prison when he wrote a letter to the Philippians and expressed that he had learned how to content in need or plenty. That sounds so freeing! What if you could learn how to be happy no matter what is going on around you? What if you decided that you could be content right where you are today?
The greatest enemy of joy, peace and satisfaction is discontentment. But, Paul goes on to say (Phil 4:13) that he didn’t do this in his own strength. Instead, he tapped into the power of Christ that enabled him to do it.
Today, regardless of what’s going on around you, believe for God’s strength to come from within and bring a sense of satisfaction nothing in the world can do. There used to be an old song my mom loved to hear that said, “All that thrills my soul is Jesus.” Let Him supply the thrill your soul is longing for today. He is truly the ultimate and only true Soul Thriller.
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