Contentment - 1 Timothy 6:6-7

1 Timothy 6:6-7 ESV 

But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.

A key to contentment is in giving thanks to the Lord for any and all circumstances, for any and all things, and for life that leads to life. 

Focus not on the things you've gained and lost here on earth, but the riches that are yours in heaven. 

Man is as grass here on earth. We spring up from the ground and take on the greening of life, flower for a moment, then fade away and are no more. 

A different fate awaits the one who has found God, for God is life and life everlasting. While the flesh must wither and die, the spirit will not. We discard this flesh to receive an immortal flesh appropriate for the everlasting life which is ours. 

Do not despair for that which is passing, but celebrate with joyful expectation for what is coming next. We have been given life that we might find life. The life we have found will never end. 

You have been chosen by the Creator of all things to enter His life and to be with Him, because you believe Him. All things are yours and every blessing of heaven is yours in Christ. 

The Lord knows what you need and He will give it to you. It is yours already. This is His promise and word, which are the same thing. 

You became a child of God, you are a child of God, and you will always be a child of God. 

Thanks be to God.