Happening for a Reason

Have you ever thought of discontentment as a blessing? Sitting around a campfire of friends last night, I realized that God has placed that discontentment in our hearts for a very specific reason. Not just the squirmy feeling that we get when we aren’t totally focused on God and listening to what He is telling us to do, but the “sick of our own human flesh” feeling that drives us to live radically in order for God to show up. It is causing us to say that we are not satisfied with a mediocre life, but desire more in our lives to bring glory to God.

Aaron and I know that God has placed this discontentment in our lives, especially in the last few months. We believe this is specifically there to cause us to get out of our comfort zone, move across the world and spread the Gospel to all the nations. And at the end of the day the most important aspect of Christianity is to bring Glory to God.

Even though I have always viewed discontentedness as a bad thing, I now see it as a blessing to drive us away from our own sinful nature and closer to becoming more and more Christ-like in our walk with Him.

Filed under: Uncategorized on September 20th, 2008