January 7 - A Biblical Equation

I Timothy 6:6
"But godliness with contentment is great gain.”
 
Godliness + Contentment = Great Gain

Biblical equations are the only type of math that interests me. Part of my reasoning for choosing a major in college was the fact I only had take one math class. To this day, I’m still not a fan of crunching numbers.
But here in I Timothy 6:6, we see a practical Biblical equation with immense opportunity and net worth. We all want great gain. Worldly gain is rarely promised or attainable. Great gain comes only from above.
 
One day I was reading through some Scripture after spending the first week of the New Year and much of the previous year impatient, restless, and confused. I wish I could remember exactly what passage I had been reading, but all I know is that the Lord convicted me of just how discontented I was. I believed I knew what God’s will was, but I certainly wasn’t patient while waiting for Him to allow it to happen.
 
After much conviction through studying the Word, I finally let it go. I decided within my heart that I would be content, and if my situation was what God wanted for me, I would make the best of it regardless of how uncomfortable I was. I had trusted Him for the past few years to lead, guide, and direct me… but not fully trusted. I had given Him one of the reins of my life, while still holding on to the other one. I was sure of my calling, and my desire to serve Him, but He can’t fully use someone who isn’t truly content. I had given him the reins many times before, only to take back one of them before I left my knees. But this time was different. His Word had penetrated my discontented heart. Within just a few days of this movement of God upon my heart, my situation completely changed in a way that only He could have done.
 
Ask for God’s help with contentment, and He will give you great gain.
His Word promises us, and God never breaks His promises.
 

Bible Reading:
Genesis 13-14  |  John 7  |  Proverbs 7