As I stepped into the restaurant car park after lunch, I saw a car speeding through the parked vehicles. While observing the driver’s reckless behaviour, I noticed the words on the car’s front licence plate. It read, “Almost Content.” After thinking about that message, I concluded that the concept ‘almost content’ doesn’t exist. Either we are content or we are not.

Admittedly, contentment is a tough thing to find. We live in a world that feeds our desire for more and more—until we find it almost impossible to be content with anything. But this is nothing new. The book of Hebrews addressed this issue, saying, “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you’” (13:5). The only remedy for hearts that ‘want it all’ is the contentment found in the presence of the living God. He is sufficient for our needs and longings, and He alone can bring us the peace and contentment we’ll never find in the pursuits of this life.

Almost content? There is no such thing. In Christ we can know true contentment.

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Bill Crowder

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