Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
A regular, timely and consistent reading of the entire Bible is essential to a well balanced and contented Christian life. It is in this way that we become knowledgeable of God.
There is altogether too much ignorance about God these days even among those who would call themselves followers and even servants of God. We tend to live upon our assumptions and allow our expectations about life and God to be formed in a vacuum of simple-mindedness. Especially this is true with the rise of the so popular motivational and positive-thinking crowd. We in America are so adverse to any exposure to difficulty and hardship that it is easy to begin to entertain the idea that our lives on earth were meant to be one continual party. This is absolutely contrary to what we find in Hebrews chapter eleven, where it speaks of some of those great men and women of faith who suffered terribly at the hand of this world.
Why would the writer of Hebrews urge contentment upon us if all of life was meant to be easy, fresh and overwhelming pleasant?
Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
In the Scriptures we learn of a God that is all-powerful, sovereign and in all things tenderhearted and kind. He is a God of unequaled mercy and goodness. We need to learn to look at our circumstances in the light of who He is rather than look at Him in the light of what our circumstances are. It makes all the difference in the world.
