As I wind down tonight and get ready for another Sunday, I'm struck by the words of Spurgeon on contentment:
'When men have too much of God's mercies—strange that we should have to say this, and yet it is a great fact—when men have much of God's providential mercies, it often happens that they have but little of God's grace, and little gratitude for the bounties they have received. They are full, and they forget God; satisfied with earth, they are content to do without heaven.'
Great point. Often when God richly blesses us with material happiness, we forget him. We end up serving the great circumstances that we find ourselves in, rather than serve the God who gave us those circumstances. But in a world where our desires are left yearning for something more, we cry out for our full of grace.
May we never forget God in our satisfaction.
1 comment:
This has nothing to do with what you wrote . . . when I was a child I played with Charles Spurgeon the Fourth (I think he was the fourth . . . I don't know, but he was a direct descendent). Incase you ever wanted to know. :)
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