In my last entry on this blog site I said, “Any discontent we feel is a signal to us that we are misplacing our trust.” I’d like to elaborate on that today. We were looking at Hebrews 13:5-6. It says,

“Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, ‘I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,’ so that we may confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?’”

Do you see the connection between discontent and misplaced trust? Let me help you.

The writer of the book of Hebrews is saying that God said something so that we may say something. God said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.” He said that so that we could say, “The Lord is my helper.”

What does it mean to have a helper? Well, among other things, it means that we are trusting in the helper. We need the help. We can’t do it alone. Someone helps us. We depend on that person and their help. There is trust going on when there is a helper.

So, the ideal is that we are trusting in God.

But, all of this was stated as the explanation of how it is that we are “content with what you have.” Do you see that in the verses above?

So, follow my line of thinking: How is it that I am content with what I have? I am that way because I am trusting God.

Therefore, if I am not content with what I have, it is because I am NOT trusting in God.

Misplaced trust always is at the root of discontent.

Are you content? If not, please know that you are putting trust (that belongs in God) in something other than God.