God has promised never to leave you nor forsake you, even to the end of the age. Be content. You have everything you really need. You have Christ. Surely he is enough.

If you’re asked, “Has God ever failed you?” or “Will God ever forsake you?” you are likely to answer no to both. Granted, there are some who truly believe God has failed, forgotten, or forsaken them. When we’re thinking clearly (biblically), then we will resist the temptation to accuse God of dereliction of duty. People will fail us. Parents will forget us. Friends will forsake us. But not God! If you affirm God’s presence and care, great! But what does your discontented heart really say? I submit to you that every time we’re discontent with the providence of God, our hearts are saying, “God has forgotten me,” or “God has failed me.”

Here’s what Hebrews 13:5-6 says, “Let your conversation [way of life] be without covetousness, and be content with those things that ye have, for he hath said, ‘I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee’” (Geneva Bible). Paul here condemns covetousness and commends contentment. As we strive to be content, we kill covetousness. Contentment is a whole-hearted disposition of joyful submission to God as Father and King. We should never be content with our sin (Hebrews 12:14), the lawlessness in the world (Psalm 119:136), or our present relationship with the Lord (Psalm 145:3). That’s a godly discontentment. True contentment is enjoying God regardless of our circumstances (Philippians 4:11-13). True contentment concerns what we’ve been entrusted with materially (Hebrews 13:5). True contentment is possible even when others prosper (Psalm 73:1-3, 16-17). True contentment means we will be thankful to God for whatever we have and wherever God has placed us for however long he would have us there (Psalms 100:4-5; 107:8-9).

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