The world tells us that contentment is an unattainable ideal, that there will always be things that we need to improve — our financial status, the positions we hold at our jobs, the houses we live in, and the list goes on. In other words, no human being can be content with what he has or what state he is in at any one time.
This is especially so in materialistic societies like ours where the constant pursuit of goods and services to “better” our status in life and standards of living is what gives many impetus to work their way up the “ladder” by any means possible.
A few days ago, the network card on my computer went on the blink and I had to make a trip to the mall to pick up a new one. Don’t laugh, but I am one who seldom visits malls nowadays, much less do any shopping so I was like the proverbial frog out of the well — I was looking at all the advertisement signs that seem to jump out at me with their screaming slogans, pictures of happy people using the products and/or services.
Foreword: I thought I’d give a little background into how this testimony came about, because it simply demonstrates how often God works wonderfully in us and there’s only goodness when we submit to His will.
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