Contentment in a Chaotic World

This morning I would like to speak about "Contentment in a Chaotic World".
The Holman Bible Dictionary gives a definition of Contentment:
Contentment is: An internal satisfaction which does not demand changes in external circumstances.

Today our world is in chaos in many places but I believe it is still possible to find Contentment in every circumstance if you are a believer in Jesus Christ.

The Apostle Paul was one who found contentment in every crisis.

We live in a society now that continually fosters discontentment.

The constant message that is beamed out through the TV is that you need to have more and more in order to be happy.

The TV promotes dissatisfaction with what you have!

God Himself brings contentment to our lives when we know Him and walk with Him.

True contentment on this earth first begins by having a relationship with the God that made us.

A relationship with the God that made us begins when we understand that Jesus Christ is our Creator and that He went to the cross as our Saviour dying on the cross for all our sins and rising again on the third day.

When you acknowledge Jesus Christ as your Saviour then the road to real contentment begins!

Contentment is not self-satisfaction! Contentment begins with a God Satisfaction!

Paul's sufficiency was not in what he had or in what he did not have. His sufficiency was in Christ.

Paul not only trusted Christ but Paul was empowered by Christ: In the good times and in the bad times, Paul could cope because it was Christ that strengthened him.

One writer said referring to Phil 4:13: "When Paul said that he could do all things, he meant all things which were God's will for him to do.