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Contentment Isn’t Apathy

Content people don’t always have the best of everything, but they always make the best of everything. That means they’re always active—always moving toward a goal.

Some people think that content people, especially content Christians, should do nothing but sit around all day and pray. They might believe a content believer is just a spiritual jellyfish or a blob that creates no interaction and causes no friction. But none of that is true.

Need proof? Just take a look at the apostle Paul. If you’ve read the Scriptures, you know that Paul really only knew one speed. He ran wide-open before he met Jesus and wide-open after he met Jesus. He never took his foot off the pedal. The only thing that changed was the direction!

In his letter to the Philippians, Paul said he still had a lot to accomplish. He understood that God still had a mission for him, so he wasn’t about to back down. As a result, he was always straining toward the future and pressing on toward the goal of becoming more like Christ.

Does that sound like a jellyfish to you? Me neither!

But at the same time, he was content. He proved that contentment isn’t about a lack of ambition or intensity, and it definitely has nothing to do with apathy. But it does require keeping our material possessions—and even our goals and ambitions—in proper perspective.

Don’t confuse contentment with apathy. Keep moving toward God’s purpose for your life and work at it with all your heart. Follow His plan and pursue His mission. That’s the way of The Legacy Journey.