{"id":7371,"date":"2018-09-09T09:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=7371"},"modified":"2019-06-29T12:54:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T16:54:29","slug":"a-leader-knows-contentment-in-christ","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/sermons\/a-leader-knows-contentment-in-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"A Leader Knows Contentment In Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-gdm-google-drive-embedder-viewer\"><iframe width='100%' height='100' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes' src='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/scbc.com\/file\/d\/1nOWlmvyRzeaBRJi3LS8fZ7uy2qwGIUUd\/preview?usp=drivesdk' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-gdm-google-drive-embedder-viewer\"><p><span class=\"gdm-drivefile-embed\"><img src=\"https:\/\/drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com\/16\/type\/application\/pdf\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/scbc.com\/file\/d\/1bTbH9k5yR1qeij7VdqJoYT_aOShUVKHw\/view?usp=drivesdk\" target=\"_blank\">View\/Download Sermon PowerPoint<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.\u201d (1 Timothy 6:6,7)<\/p>\n<p>Contentment can be a tricky attitude. There are some things in life we are not to be content about. As Christians we are not to be content with the current state of justice and generosity in the world. We must genuinely weep for those who have little and seek to bring justice, peace and food to those in need. It is also wrong for the Christian to be content about the many who are dying without Christ. We must be involved in evangelism. And we know that we must not be content about our relationship with God \u2013 we are to hunger and thirst for more and more of God \u2013 growing in our faith, stepping out in obedient trust, and yielding ourselves to him moment by moment. There are situations and times where the Christian is not to rest in contentment.<\/p>\n<p>But at the same time there is much in life we are to be content about. We Christians need to realize that if we have God we have everything we need. We are to rest in his strength and not our own. We are to rest in his grace and stop our struggling to win his favor. We are to be content with God \u2013 realizing that if we are living in a faith relationship with him \u2013 we have everything \u201cwe need for a godly life\u201d (2 Peter 1:3). We are to be content with the material blessings that we have and not \u201cput our hope in wealth\u201d (1 Timothy 6:17)<\/p>\n<p>Contentment can be tricky, but it is within our reach. I think it all has to do with our focus. Scripture speaks of those who want to get rich and fall into \u201cmany foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.\u201d (1 Timothy 6:9) But those who put their hope in God know that he provides \u201ceverything for our enjoyment.\u201d (1 Timothy 6:17) It all has to do with our focus.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have contentment? You won\u2019t find it in the world. The world operates on a basis of discontentment. The world tells us again and again we need that which is new and improved \u2013 you can\u2019t just use an ordinary kitchen knife anymore you need a slap chopper. You can\u2019t just use an ordinary oven mitt anymore you need the ov-glove.<\/p>\n<p>I remember watching a car show in which the hosts were raving about the BMW 335. They loved that car. But they said, \u201cThere is a new kid on the block \u2013 the BMW 335 is old news \u2013 if I really want a premium car I want the Audie S4.\u201d It was quite a revelation \u2013 I always thought I\u2019d be happy with a BMW 335 &#8211; but not now. I have to have the new Audie S4.<\/p>\n<p>This is the way our culture is designed, it is a culture of consumerism \u2013 you cannot be content and have a culture of consumerism.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one place where you will find contentment and that is in a faith relationship with God. It is only as we trust in him, that we have everything we need to meet the deepest desires of our heart and find contentment.<\/p>\n<p>May you rest your \u201chope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.\u201d Pastor Tom.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Timothy 6:2b-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[160],"ctc_sermon_series":[452],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[105],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/7371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7371"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/7371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8439,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/7371\/revisions\/8439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=7371"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=7371"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=7371"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=7371"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=7371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}