Fully Content

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
FULLY CONTENT
Prov 13:25-14:1
25 The righteous eat to their hearts' content,
but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.
NIV
Is this not all about the tree of life in the paradise of God? Yet it is also about the complete satisfaction of being a believer in Christ. It seems to be no matter how much of this world’s wealth and material goods an unbeliever gathers around themselves it is never enough. It seems they have an insatiable appetite which is never satisfied. The emptiness within their being is due to the lack of God in their lives. There is never enough of things to lust after and desire more of them each and every moment of life here on the earth. From childhood and the craving for toys to adulthood and the lust for wealth and the things it will afford, to the elderly who seem to a quest for greater health and more time, there is never enough. Without God as the center of life, I believe all people will never be content with their life. But this also speaks to the eternal life which follows this short stay on earth. Those of us who are born again, saved by the blood of Christ on the cross will someday eat our fill from the tree of life while those who refuse to accept Christ as their personal Lord and Savior will definitely go hungry for they will not eat of or for that matter even see the tree of life. There is no question that the life of a believer is filled with contentment as life is more than the things of this world. The life of a believer is centered on Christ rather than self. There is no way self can ever be content. As far as the goods of this world, even a believer eats to his hearts’ content because he need only ask God the Father in the name of Jesus. God does not intent for his people to go without unless it brings him glory in some way, and then the believer still finds contentment and that in itself brings God glory. I have learned to be content no matter my lot in life. God simply is enough.