ONCE UPON A TIME . . .
"A king was suffering from a painful ailment &
was told that the only cure for him was to find a contented man,
get his shirt, & wear it night and day. So messengers were sent through the
king's realm in search of such a man, with orders to bring back his shirt.
Months passed.
After a thorough search of the country, the messengers returned without the shirt. 'Did you find a contented man in all my realm?' the king asked
'Yes, O King, we found one, just one in all the realm.'
'Then why did you not bring back his shirt?' the king demanded. "Master, the man had no shirt." ("Calm My Anxious Heart", Dillow)
Having everything with having nothing.
To be brought to the end of yourself
is when REAL CHANGE happens.
To be the man who had no shirt
because he had so much more.
What if all you had was JESUS,
would HE be enough?
Oh yes is the immediate answer
until you are at a place
where you don't have what you want
and that is all you think about
and you forget that JESUS is right there
holding a shirt that HE wants to give you
that fits so perfectly that you forget about
what you wanted in the first place.
The you who has no ___________.
Are you CONTENT without having that certain something or that certain someone?
What is that certain something or that certain someone that you are waiting to have
before you can be CONTENT?
Oh how my eyes can move so quickly from what I do have
to what I don't have
when I am depending on
the somethings
&
the someones
for
CONTENTMENT.
CONTENTMENT~
The man who had no shirt.
I wonder~
what did the man have?
Was he
"Joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer" (Romans 12:12)
Did he
"Cast all his anxiety on HIM because he knew JESUS cared for him" (I Peter 5:7)
Did he
"Seek first HIS kingdom and HIS righteousness" (Matthew 6:33)
Did he learn the secret from Paul~
"to be content whatever the circumstances" (Philippians 4:11).
The man who had no shirt.
The me & the you who has no _________,
but has learned
to be CONTENT whatever the circumstances
"I,_____, (put your name)
know what it is to be in need, and
I, ________, know what it is to have plenty.
I,________, have learned the secret of being CONTENT in any and every situation,
whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want~
Whether I have a shirt or not
because
I,________, can do all this through HIM who gives me strength."(Philippians 4:11-13)
CONTENTMENT~
Having ENOUGH & Being ENOUGH
without
Having ENOUGH & Being ENOUGH
because
Walking with JESUS is MORE THAN ENOUGH!
Let's finish out the first month of 2022
by
Less of me & Less of you
as we
"MAKE ROOM" for JESUS (listen to the song below)