Goodness with contentment is great gain.’ 1 Timothy 8:6
This verse made me think about my contentment, am I as contented as I should be? And i wonder if you are as contented as you should be? We have every reason to be happy. We are taught and truly believe that goods and possessions will never bring happiness and we know relationships can sour. True contentment is only through Jesus Christ. When are hearts are truly full of praise and thankfulness we will find true peace.
At this time of year we are thinking of the birth of Jesus, the source of our salvation. When we have Jesus we have all we can ever need. Our contentment can bubble up into joy. In this same chapter we are urged to ‘pursue gentleness, godliness, faith and endurance. These virtues will build to make us up into fully-rounded Christians.