My Testimonies and Learnings

Pray for a Content Heart

Lahat tayo ay naghahangad ng karangyaan sa buhay. Even rich people want to get richer. However, it also causes a distorted mindset on how we see life. For some, they want to get rich to prove something while others want to get rich so they will "fully" enjoy life.

Friends, God wants us to enjoy life—that's the truth. But a lot of us want to enjoy life on our own terms. Hindi naman masamang mangarap ng karangyaan pero ang mahirap lang ay kapag magkaroon tayo ng discontent heart. 'Yong parang wala na tayong ibang ginawa kung 'di ang magtrabaho nang magtrabaho para magkaroon ng maraming pera. 'Yong tipong meron ka naman pero tingin mo kulang pa rin. 'Yong parang hindi ka pa rin masaya kasi parang meron pa dapat iba.

Kanina habang tumitingin ako ng pictures about the luxurious life in Dubai, napaisip talaga ako. Sabi ko, "Grabe, Lord 'no?" May nakita akong kalsada na puro sports car lang ang mga sasakyan. Pati nga police car naka-sports car kasi ano ba naman ang laban ng ordinaryong sasakyan lang kung ang hinahabol mo naka-ferrari? Haha! Sa Dubai kasi your possession speaks your wealth. Talagang pinapangalandakan na mayaman ka kasi you own a lot of sports car, maraming pera sa banko... anything that the world consider as luxury.

Pero sa tingin mo masaya talaga sila? It could be that they are happy because they have value in the society—a temporary happiness. But how about your value in the sight of God? Puwedeng mayaman tayo sa tingin ng mundo pero mahirap pala tayo sa mata ng Diyos.

My point here is even if we have everything in this world pero ang ating puso ay hindi marunong makuntento, we still feel ill about our lives. Mayaman nga tayo pero halos 'di na tayo natutulog, namimiligro naman ang katawan natin.

Nothing can beat a grateful and content heart. Ito dapat ang huwag nating i-neglect na katotohanan. Kasi puwedeng mayaman ka na pero tingin mo mahirap ka pa rin kasi hindi ka marunong makuntento sa kung ano ang biyaya ng Diyos. "I want more!" "I deserve more!"

Jesus said, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?" (Matthew 6:25-27)

Kung ang mga ibon hindi nakakaligtaan ng Diyos na pakainin, tayo pa kaya na mga anak Niya? We are worth more than many sparrows! At kung sa maliit na bagay hindi tayo marunong magpasalamat sa Diyos at mag-appreciate nito, surely ganu'n din tayo sa malalaking bagay.

Friends, God wants a grateful and content heart. But does this mean nabuhay tayong mahirap at mamamatay pa rin tayong mahirap? Hindi po. Ang gusto lang ni Lord ay i-enjoy ang buhay kung ano man ang estado natin ngayon. Kung gusto ni Lord i-bless ka, why not? Pero, hindi basehan ang pera para maging masaya. Kaya mong maging masaya kahit walang-wala ka na. 

To end, joy comes from God and it's only in Him you are fully satisfied. And when you are satisfied with God, you will no longer thirst for worldly things.

Prayer:

Father God, I am sorry for wanting more when I can't even appreciate what You have given me now. Give me a content heart that I may not want more of the things of the world but to desire more of You. This I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.