Meditation for Thursday, August 22, 2013: LEARNING TO BE CONTENT Jesus speaking to us: ...I call you to lead the life that I have assigned to you, and to be content. Beware of comparing your situation with that of someone else - and feeling dissatisfied because of the comparison. It is also harmful to compare your circumstances with what they used to be or with fantasies that bear little resemblance to reality. Instead, make every effort to accept a your CALLING the life I have assigned to you. This perspective helps take the sing out of even the harshest circumstances. If I have called you to a situation, I will give you everything you need to ensure it - Anna even to find joy in the midst of it. Learning to be comment is both a discipline and an art. You train your mind to trust My Sovereign ways with you - viewing before My mysterious, infinite intelligence. You search for Me in the details of of your day, all the while looking fire good to energize from trouble and confusion. You accept the way things are without losing hope for a better future. And you rejoice in the hope of heaven, knowing that indescribably joyful life is your ultimate calling. PASSAGES IN SCRIPTURE: Let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God had called him. This is My rule in all the churches. I Corinthians7:17 I know what it is like to be in need, and I know what it is like to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content on any and every situation; whether well feed or hungry; whether living on plenty or in want. Philippians 4:12 Oh the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unwatchable his judgments, and his paths beyond teaching out! "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor? Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Romans 11:33
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