✝ Daily Encouragement (11/25/25) "The Tyranny of Discontentment"
Published: Tue, 11/25/25
Updated: Tue, 11/25/25
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"The
Tyranny of
Discontentment"
Message summary: The tyranny of discontentment is essentially the oppressive compulsion that I have to have it now.
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"Keep
your lives
free from the
love of money
and be content
with what you
have, because
God has said,
'Never will I
leave you;
never will I
forsake you.'
So we say with
confidence,
'The Lord is
my helper; I
will not be
afraid. What
can man do to
me?'" (Hebrews
13:5,6). This week we have a confluence of thankfulness, contentment and ... greed! Thursday is Thanksgiving Day here in the US and a thankful heart is a contented heart. But as retailers ramp up for the holiday seasonal sales we also see an appeal to greed which is in direct conflict with contentedness.
Years
ago we read a
book titled
“The Tyranny
of the Urgent”
which asserts
the
oppressiveness
of the many
demands that
come our way
regarding our
time. The
tyranny of
urgency is
essentially
the oppressive
compulsion
that I have to
do it
now. The
tyranny of
discontentment
is essentially
the oppressive
compulsion
that I have to
have it now.
“If
money can’t
buy
contentment
and poverty
doesn’t
provide it,
what is
contentment
and how is it
attained?
Contentment,
contrary to
popular
opinion, does
not mean being
satisfied
where you are.
Rather, it is
knowing God’s
plan for your
life and
having the
conviction to
live it.”
Our
daily verse
begins, “Keep
your lives
free from the
love of money
and be content
with what you
have". The
preceding
verse (v.4)
asserts the
sanctity of
marriage and
warns of God’s
judgment on
the
adulterer.
It seems the
writer of
Hebrews is
connecting the
dots and
seeing an
association
between
lusting for
that which is
not properly
ours – whether
it be a person
or money.
1)
Contentedness
is the
realization
that God’s
presence is
sufficient to
meet every
need.
“God has
said, ‘Never
will I leave
you; never
will I forsake
you’.”
Note that the
verse begins “God
has said”.
These are
words of
assurance
given to
Joshua in
Joshua 1:5.
Since God does
not change
these same
words were
applicable to
the Hebrew
believers some
1,500 years
later and now
to all who
belong to
Christ some
2,000 years
after the Book
of Hebrews was
written! Money
and
possessions
will
eventually
forsake us,
but God will
never forsake
us. What a
blessed truth!
2) Contentedness is the realization that God’s power is sufficient to overcome all opposition. “So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?’” This is a quote from Psalm 118:6,7. The apostle Paul’s grand conclusion in Romans 8:37-39 comes to mind: “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
If
we really
understand
these promises
we will
experience
ongoing,
blessed
contentedness.
May the Lord
help us to do
so today and
all through
this brief
life, which
will help us
to overcome
the tyranny of
discontentment! Be
encouraged
today!
Hebrews
3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"Counting
My Blessings"
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on YouTube
Seph Schlueter
"I
Shall Not
Want"
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on YouTube
Audrey
Assad 
I
took this
photo on a
trip we made
many years ago
and we share
it today as a
mystery photo.
Any idea where
this was
taken? Hint:
It's where
products are
developed that
can easily
cause greed
and
discontent.
Tomorrow we
will identify
where the
photo was
taken!
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