Godliness and Contentment

"But godliness with contentment is great gain." (1 Timothy 6: 6). 

I think that most, if not all people, live their lives with this statement in mind, or subconsciously. The thing is however, that for many, 'godliness' and 'contentment' are defined in different ways. Satan, who is the father of all lies, has tricked many into having false beliefs as to what really is godliness and contentment. With this false sense of the meaning of the words, many have been led astray. 

The world for example, accepts godliness as loving people, acceptance for everyone, doing good and such things. Of course, these are signs of godliness. The only problem is that God has been extracted from the word which stems from His character. As a result, we mistakenly ascribe inappropriate meanings to what it means to love and accept, for example. Or in another sense, we fail to ascribe meaning from God's perspective. God is love for example, but He's also a God of justice. God accepts everyone but He abhors sin. 

If we think about contentment, we are bombarded with images of wealth and riches, a big house, fancy cars, dream career and the like. People are often not content with simply having food and clothes. Now I learnt that contentment doesn't mean that you never desire to have more, but you simply learn to enjoy what is before you now.

I wish with all my heart, or rather I'll strive with God's help towards embracing what God has in mind where contentment is concerned. I just believe that life would be so much simpler if we had God's idea of contentment in our hearts.