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I have always struggled with not wanting to be complacent. It is a good thing to be warned not to be complacent in your walk with the Lord. But, there is a potential that this attitude can produce a person who does not walk in contentment. We live in a world in which bigger is better; productivity is the goal, and faster outweighs the slow. The ancient Greeks have a story of Sisyphus. Sisyphus is destined for eternity to roll a boulder up a hill. When he achieves his goal, the bolder falls to the bottom of the hill, and for eternity he must continue this act. What despair! I always wondered what goes on in the mind of Sisyphus when he must walk down the hill to begin yet again.
Paul, the Apostle, has a remedy to this pattern of life: Contentment. How do we find the balance between being content but not complacent? In this message, Pastor David teaches on how Jesus would address the dilemma of Sisyphus; the dilemma of the routine.
“For I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:11-13
