Learn to be Content

What are you connecting with spiritually? Are you connecting with God or are you connecting with the flesh? I often tell one of my friends that she connects with a certain individual that she knows so well because they both have a habit of leaving their crowns at home. When you are filled with the spirit of God, don’t try to hide the glory that he desires to show through you. The connection that they have is a spiritual one because they are equipped to pour into each other spiritually. Today I realized that I have a connection with an individual that I work with because I do to myself spiritually what he does to himself in the natural.

I work with children and many of them have uncommon gifts, but the things that they have experienced in the world make them connect more with their flesh than with the things that God has placed on the inside of them. Many of them don’t know who they are “yet” in Christ so they act as if they are not royalty and precious in the eye sight of the Lord. I pray that God reveals this to them and those that have this same disconnect from his kingdom soon <3 If you know nothing else, know who you are child of God. God has placed things on the inside of you that you may not even know exist. Sometimes situations happen to both build a strong foundation in Christ for you to stand on and to also draw out the gifts and talents that he desires to use for his glory through you.

The individual that I connect with so much is a child that has a habit of speaking negative words over himself whenever he is in trouble or when things don’t go his way. He tends to say that he is stupid and that he can’t do anything right, when the truth is that he is just a little boy that prefers to explore his surrounds and move around instead of being still. Whenever I feel sad or when things don’t go my way, I tend to think and speak negatively about myself in Christ. I feel left behind when God blesses those that I’m close to instead of knowing that I’m still in preparation and that I should be using that time to draw closer to him instead of separating myself mentally from him.

You have to know what God has said about you instead of connecting with the things that you “feel” at the moment. Feelings go up and down, but God is constant, consistent, and never changes. If God has spoken into your life, you better bet that that thing will come to pass because he does not lie. In Jeremiah 1:12, God revealed that he watches over his word to perform it.

I struggle to remember that I am blessed. You have to trust God when he has instructed you to move out of your comfort zone. In Genesis, God instructed Abram to move away from everything and everybody that he knew. As Abram followed the instructions of the Lord, he began to reveal more and more of the plan that he had for Abram’s life to him. As you move, the plan that God has for your life will began to come together more and more. He will not leave you stranded and without direction. Notice the blessings instead of the dryness of whatever season you’re in. Acknowledge the fact that you are still standing and that God has not forgotten about you. Being separated from the things that you are familiar with just means that you are getting more acquainted with the person that God has called you to be.

Some of us have a bad habit of looking for the fruits of God’s glory instead of being content with the relationship that we have or can have with him as his son or daughter.

Lord I pray to stop resenting my process and to trust you with my life instead of instructing you on what I want you to do with it. I pray to stop feeling sorry for myself and too claim the joy that you have already given me at the cross. I pray to be content with learning who I am in you. Thank-you for what you have already done and what you are still doing in my life. In Jesus name, Amen

Know that he is not done with you yet<3 Be more focused on the relationship that you have with God instead of focusing on being on the fast track to things that you can’t handle right now. The process builds character and instils humility and integrity. Don’t fight with God about the roots that he is planting in your life because they will sustain you when he begins to reveal your gifts to the world.

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“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need” (Matthew 6:33).

“Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty” (Philippians 4:11-14).

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