Reflection:  Contentment in Christ

I don’t speculate much about heaven other than to enjoy what I’m allowed to know about it from Scripture. I’ve learned there are things that should rightly claim my priority, and there is idle speculation. Wisdom is knowing which is what.

There are some advantages in getting older. Age gives you time to acquire wisdom. However, time doesn’t guarantee wisdom. It’s what you choose to learn in that time that determines whether or not you become wise.

Like many of you, I was once an anxious teenager at a loss about who I was and what I should do. Fortunately, I became a Christian at the age of 17. Since then, God has slowly grounded me in my identity, my value and my purpose. As a result, I have, like the psalmist, ‘calmed and quietened myself.’ It is a sign of growing maturity.

Being spiritually mature means that you are no longer dependant on others to keep your faith alive. You have become a self-sustaining Christian, i.e. you’ve been ‘weaned’. Whilst I freely admit I still have much to learn, I can honestly say that I do have contentment in my soul because of the things God has taught me.

My prayer is that you have it too.

Prayer:  My Lord Jesus, how good it is to know you – at least in part. And because I know you, I’m able to understand who I am. You have given me purpose, meaning and a destiny that is almost too wonderful to imagine. Thank you so much.