The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
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Buy contentment, set it, and wear it in your heart, and it will, as Solomon says, be life unto thy soul.
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True Christian contentment is not taught by the wisdom of man but by the Holy Spirit, and few attain it.
The biblical way of contentment teaches the soul to deny itself into weakness, empty of itself or anything else, and so dissolve into unity with Him who is blessed and truly all-sufficient. Once made intimate with Him, our soul melts itself into all our Lord’s interests, making His interests our own. In this way, the all-sufficiency of the High God becomes our full sufficiency.
Even though this contentment is the inheritance of every saint in right and title, the possession and enjoyment of it depends upon our development of this inheritance. That development depends on a skill to be learned by experience and much practice, just as Paul says, I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content (Philippians 4:11).
Jeremiah Burroughs dedicated himself to learning this skill, and – digging for it as for rubies – found it. He has quarried this jewel out of the rock and skillfully cut it so that the innate rays of so glorious a grace might shine forth to others.
And here is this jewel, though presented in an imperfect setting. But when they are sought and purchased, these jewels are placed in a setting worthy of them; and the only setting for which this teaching is ordained is the precious tablets of human hearts.
Reader: Buy contentment, set it, and wear it in your heart, and it will, as Solomon says, be life unto thy soul.
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1 review for The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
Contentment is not something that we think of or covet much in our society. It is more acceptable to be unsatisfied, to strive or grumble and complain then to be content. For this reason, this book serves the good purpose of reminding us what spiritual contentment is.
Burroughs defines contentment this way: “that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, freely submitting to, and taking comfort in, God’s wise and fatherly nature in every condition.” Early on he explains how contentment co-exists with affliction showing that if it weren’t for affliction we would not be aware of the possibility of contentment. God will use affliction to draw us to seek Him and to be content with Him in the midst of it. “Every good thing the people of God do enjoy, they enjoy it in God’s love, as a token of God’s love, and coming from God’s eternal love for them. This must be very sweet to them.”
God’s promises are a source of contentment for His saints. “No matter what condition a godly man or woman is in, there is some promise or other in the Scripture to help him in that condition.” The promise of a future inheritance with our Savior is a source of contentment. “…but a godly heart has contentment from that which he sees laid up for him in the highest heaven.”
This book is very relevant for today’s culture (and church) with its marketing campaigns and competition to purchase or experience the latest thing. “No man or woman in the world is so fit to receive the grace of God and to do the work of God as those who have contented spirits.”