Are you content with what you have, or are you always craving more? Are you one of those people that constantly needs something else? I don't feel like I am (or was) the extreme of this, but I did always want more in a way. Rather, I wanted what I wanted not what God wanted.
I am reading this book called "Live Loved" by Max Lucado. The first passage is about Jeremiah and his lamenting to God. Jeremiah is complaining, blaming God for everything wrong in his life, and everything he doesn't have. But instead of focusing on that, he decides to depend on God, realizing that He hasn't betrayed or abandoned him, rather he needed to realize that God has a plan.
The passage was what inspired the song "Great is Thy Faithfulness". It is one of my favorite hymns because it reminds us that every morning is new, and every morning we need to give it to God and let him decided where our lives are going..."morning by morning NEW mercies I see." Every morning, EVERY MORNING, He has a new beginning, a new idea for our lives. We all need to remember that God's plan is going to end up so much better than the one we plan for ourselves. We also need to remember that He will provide what we need but not necessarily more than what we need. "All I have needed Your hand has provided" Maybe not getting that new job means their is a better one waiting, or someone needed it more than you. Maybe that lost job is just God pushing you in a different direction. Maybe we all need to have a little faith and know that God will not lead us astray and He will always be there for us when we need Him and when we don't. Great is His faithfulness, and so should ours!
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