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Thursday, November 1st (Day Eighteen)

Read:
Hebrews 13:1-6

"Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'"

Reflect:
Contentment is hard. There is always a better job out there. There is always a bigger house in a nicer neighborhood. There is always a newer model car or a latest, must-have fashion. It seems like every month, some company comes out with the biggest and best, barely legal driver that enables a duffer to hit a golf ball 290 yards. I've been in garages that have entire sections dedicated to last year's driver.

Contentment, though, is important. It is a discipline that the Holy Spirit works in the lives of the followers of Christ. It is important because it is instructive. Contentment reminds us that there is a God and we are not him. Contentment reminds us that God "will never leave us nor forsake us."

When we are discontent or covetous, we doubt the faithfulness of God. We are saying, "God, despite what you may say, you have left me and you have forsaken me - in this area." Covetousness casts doubt on the goodness of God, and so is an insidious sin that lurks in our hearts and deprives us of the contentment we are meant to find in God alone.

The good news is that, in Christ, we have all that we could ever ask or imagine. Paul says that "all the promises of God find their Yes" in Christ. The author of Hebrews does not say, "Keep your life free from the love of money because money is bad." He says, "Keep your life free from the love of money because God is good."

Apply:

1. In what areas do you find it difficult to be content? How has God provided what you need in those areas?
2. How does covetousness cast doubt on the goodness of God?

Pray:

1. That the Lord would convince you of his faithfulness and cause you to be content in him.
2. That the Lord would keep everyone at Christ the King free from the love of money that we may be more generous and better equipped to extend the kingdom of God in Houston and beyond.