By: Undre Griggs, Jr.
In life, we do not have much of a say when it comes to results.
Through effort we can increase our probability of success, but we
ultimately do not have any way to guarantee the result that we want.
Through effort we can increase our probability of success, but we
ultimately do not have any way to guarantee the result that we want.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 (NIV): I have seen something else under the sun: The
race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food
come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food
come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
A content person may research the education and experience needed for a particular job, they may attend the highest rated program, and they may even be willing to move to a particular city. These actions only increase the likelihood they obtain that job, but content people are okay with whatever the results are. Content people understand that complaining about things not going their way, even if they believe they “deserve it”, is an insult to God.
Exodus 16:8 (ESV): And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.”
A content person’s faith is so massive; they are willing to trust in God through all hardships. They have an unshakeable resolve to endure whatever life throws their way for the faith.
2 Corinthians 12:10 (ESV): For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
A content person understands their intellect, skills, and opportunity to succeed are all signs of God’s favor in their life.
James 1:17 (NKJV): Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
If we were given an infinite number of chances to plan our life, we would fail every time. We would always want to change something because we are continually learning. God’s plan is the best plan because God’s wisdom is infinite. God does not have a beginning or an end; He was always there and will always be.
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