Contentment is a state of being happy and satisfied with whatever you have. That is, not seeing or accepting the little you have as not being enough. Unfortunately, this definition seems to fall short of the expectations of some of our sisters. They go about with the obsession of having what other sisters have that they do not have by all means. The Bible says in 1st Timothy 6:6 that “godliness with contentment is great gain.” This means that your godliness, however you want to view it, isn’t complete without contentment.
Some sisters don’t always appreciate what they have; they claim such possessions as clothes, shoes, bags, makeup, pieces of jewelry, cars, etc., have not yet reached their social status. They are lost in the wishful thinking of owning what they don’t have and which they may not have a genuine need for in their lifetime. This attitude makes some of them run helter-skelter and later find themselves sometimes in financial trouble. Arising from this ungodly act, some of our sisters have unknowingly bypassed their God-ordained spouses for their lives; due to their minds and eyes focused on another lady’s future husband.
Some sisters don’t even bother to pray after a brother asks their hands in marriage so long as he’s not as tall, handsome, and rich as the husbands of their friends who just got married. They get busy with the useless calculation of what might still be. Hence, they have their reply already waiting for the unsuspecting brother. They are calculating based on their friends’ elegant way of life. This is not godly, my dear sister! Wishing to marry a rich man is not bad in itself so long as your motive is pure and right. After all, no lady desires to end up with a wretched and confused man, and more so, marriage should not be synonymous with suffering.
However, lack of quality time in seeking God’s mind and using the social status of your friend’s husband as the basis for looking for a future husband can be equivalent to covetousness. It’s better to hear a brother out, especially if he’s visionary and takes time to pray on his request as long as he’s a child of God, than to shun him because he doesn’t drive a car.
You never can tell what he might turn out to be in the future. Contentment is one of the godly virtues sisters must pray for as they prepare to go into marriage. Lack of it can expose sisters and their families to imperious danger in the future. I pray this will not be your portion in Jesus’ name. Amen. Stay satisfied with what you have now; tomorrow will be alright! Blessings!
