Being Content But Never Satisfied

**fennywest** Wed 20 Jan 2010, 11:59 am

^{Be content but not satisfied!
^{content that Christ has paid the price}
^{did it once and for all, for you and me}
^{content that the God sized hole was filled}
^{on the day you realized you were lost and called}
^{content that you have made your reservation}
^{and heaven is now your home, you’re just passing through}
^{content that being justified by faith through our Lord Jesus Christ,}
^{you have peace with God- boundless peace, like a river}
^{you’ve passed from death to life}
^{be content that you are complete in Christ}
^{you are sufficient in His sufficiency}
^{your life is hidden in Christ in God}
^{you have been raised from deadness in sin and}
^{seated with Him in heavenly places}
^{far above all rules, dominions and principalities}
^{be content that you are engraved on the palm of His Hands}
^{and he will never forget you or forsake you till the end}
^{be content that you are the apple of God’s eyes}
^{and whoever touches you touches God}
^{be content that you are more than a conqueror through Christ}
^{if God be for you no one can be against you}
^{God is fighting for you, and you can hold your peace.}

^{Be not satisfied with your spiritual growth}
^{aspire, push, press on to grow in grace}
^{desire to know Him more in the power of His resurrection}
^{and in the fellowship of His suffering}
^{by taking up you cross and following Him}
^{know that He has greater things in store for you}
^{that eye has not seen, ear not heard, no mind comprehended}
^{press for the mark of the high calling in Christ}
^{go from glory to glory and from faith to faith}
^{abounding in love, joy, peace, goodness}
^{making deposits in your heavenly bank account}
^{be not satisfied with you prayer life, praying without ceasing}
^{increasing your strength to stand in the gap to make a hedge}
^{increasing your soul winning, sharing the bread you have found}
^{rising daily with hope to make further inroad into the promised Land}
^{rising daily to do greater exploits for your master}
^{rising daily to invest your talents to increase your yield}
^{so that you will hear : Well done, Good and faithful servant.’}

^{[sup]7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ ⁹and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. ¹⁰I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Pressing on Toward the Goal

¹²Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Phil3:7-14
¹¹I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. ¹²I 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. ¹³I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
¹⁴Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. ¹⁵Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; ¹⁶for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again when I was in need. ¹⁷Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. ¹⁸I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. ¹⁹And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Phil4:11-19[/sup]}}

**WARRIOR** Fri 14 May 2010, 5:25 pm

If I had to do a summation of the Christian Life, this poem would be it. Blessings!

Being Content But Never Satisfied

Being Content But Never Satisfied

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