Contentment Does Not Come Naturally

The Gospel Coalition Website posted this discussion (October 16, 2014) on contentment in Jesus, no matter what:

Contentment Does Not Come Naturally

Nancy Guthrie, Jen Wilkin, and Melissa Kruger on Fighting for Rest in a Restless World

The world, the flesh, and the Devil have a Great Commission of their own—to stir up discontentment in our hearts and lure us away from the gospel. So we fight back in the power of the Holy Spirit, because contentment does not come naturally apart from Jesus.

In a new roundtable video with Nancy Guthrie and Jen Wilkin, Melissa Kruger notes that throughout Scripture we encounter the image of a fruit-bearing tree planted by a life-giving stream. The author of The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World (Christian Focus) believes this is a vivid metaphor for a heart that’s content in Jesus no matter what the “weather” (circumstances) of life.

Jen Wilkin, Nancy Guthrie, and Melissa Kruger discuss Facebook, the three categories of discontent, the challenge of holiday catalogues, and more.