Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Never More Satisfied - Pastor Sean

Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,“I will never fail you.  I will never abandon you.” (Hebrews 13:5 NLT)

Mark it down, bet your bottom dollar, take it to the bank.  We crave the security of statements that are made to convince of a sure thing.  But are we ever really sure what is being promised will be equal to what is produced?

We often strive for the assurance that life will be everything its supposed to be.  BUT, the big evaluation is who is influencing our concept of what life is supposed to be?

Hollywood, stock brokers, late night infomercial sales people and even dog food makers are constantly pushing something new and improved.  It could lead us to believe nothing is ever going to be good enough, it always has to be better.  Then I read Hebrews.

Some promises are good.  Some promises are great.  But, what God promises in Hebrews 13 is beyond good, great or any other superlative.  What compares to the creator of the universe promising to NEVER abandon or fail His children?

Ponder the magnitude of what you just read.

God says, I will always be with you!  Jesus said it to the disciples, but sometimes I forget the message applies to us just as vividly today.

And, it's the first portion of the verse that really brings to light an important truth.  If we try too hard to be more satisfied by material benefits we miss the point.  God is promising we can always have Him!

The command for us to be free and content is grounded in the guarantee that God is always there.  We can be free from wanting more and happy with what we have because we have God.

Freedom from loving money and contentment with what we have is based on the reality that we can always say "we have a better possession and an abiding one" (Hebrews 10:34).

I'll take the promise, not to the just to the bank, but to every place I know.

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