FOR GOD HAS SAID

FOR GOD HAS SAID             Sunday June 14, 2015

Text: Hebrews 13:5, 6              Memory verse: v 5

Covetousness is a major problem of present day Christians. Many are now competing with worldly people on wealth acquisition and accumulation. Many have ceased to trust God to provide for them. Now they do it themselves through dubious means. This was the case when this epistle was written. The author advised that their lives should be void of covetousness; inordinate regard for money or such things as money will procure. The reason for this counsel is our topic for the day, for God has said that He will not forsake nor leave us. This assurance is all over the scripture. 

The panacea for covetousness is contentment. William Burkett defines contentment as a “Gracious disposition of mind, whereby the Christian rests satisfied with that portion of the good things of this life which the wisdom of God assigns him, without complaining of the little which God gives to him, or envying the much which God bestows on others.” Is that true about your life?

The reason for the advice on contentment is because God has said and assured that he will not forsake nor leave us. He made this promise to men of God (Genesis 28:15; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8; Joshua 1:5; 1 Chronicle 28:20) and He is still making same today. Beloved, God will not forsake you. You may be passing through tough time now but that does not mean He has turned His back against you. Be assured that He will not leave you in that project, study, work, business and endeavour.

Food for Thought: Deuteronomy 31:8

Prayer: God, as I look up to you, meet me at the point of my needs and grant me the grace to be contented with what you have given to me.