Contentment in Christ
Welcome to the sixth entry in the Soul Sisters series (which, by the way, I still think is a really cheesy title). Click here for the introduction to the series.
Today’s truth:
The most content women are not those who have everything the world can offer, but who have everything Christ can offer.
What does the world try to offer women? What is the picture-perfect portrait of the world’s ideal woman? She is confident, beautiful, in control, wealthy, and well-educated. She has her dream job, the perfect “significant other,” a lovely and spacious home, and a dream vacation several times a year.
This woman is unrealistic and unattainable. Even if she could be found, she wouldn’t be content without Christ.
What does Christ have to offer that the world doesn’t? First and foremost, He offers salvation! Because of His death on the cross, God offers forgiveness to sinners like you and me. Jesus paid the price for my sins, so I don’t have to live under the wrath of God anymore.
And amazingly, God doesn’t stop at forgiveness - He adopts us as His very own. We become His treasured possession, His children. He condescends to share His glorious worth with us. We are allowed to live in relationship with Him! - the most fulfilling, beautiful relationship in the universe.
He reorients our whole way of living - instead of living in sin and to serve ourselves, we live to show His beauty to others, to magnify Him, and to enjoy Him. Dying to ourselves, we live.
What a change! How can anything the world offers compare?
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Christianity on June 18th, 2008
Wow…another post that I *really* needed to read today. I find myself constantly comparing myself to the other women who seem to “have it all” only to realize (like you pointed out) that they may be able to afford many wonderful things now and seem content. Yet, deep down, they’re not because they haven’t found contentment in Christ like I have.
Thanks for posting this
Hi Anna,
What a great post! Too often I feel like if I just had “such and such” THEN I could be all God wants me to be… then I could be happy, or cheerful, or kind. But He transcends our circumstances and desires and is our strength in weakness.
Thanks for sharing, hope to see you on Quill and Inkwell sometime!
Phylicia
This is something I have to be reminded of every single day. Thanks for the encouragement!
What a wonderful reminder! We should indeed set our sights on what Christ has to offer us. Nothing in the world can compare with that! With Him we can find an abundant life filled with grace, hope, peace, and joy. Now that’s what I want.
Blessings,
Amanda
This was a very thought-provoking post. It made me feel so blessed that Jesus has captured my heart.
Often I look around at the women in my life that do not (hopefully yet) know the Lord. No matter how “good” their life is, they are never joyful or content. They are always striving for MORE. They feel like something is missing. Jesus is always the answer, I wish everyone could know what it is like to be content and joyful in any situation because of the love of Jesus. It’s truly a beautiful thing.
Great post!!
Great post, Anna. I love this series!
ps. I don’t think the title is that cheesy…