Genesis 25:7-11
"Abraham's Death"
Here we are at the concluding passages of Abraham's story. It says that Abraham died old and contented. What was it, though, that made him content?
It was God.
Abraham walked with God. He followed God wherever He told him to go. God made a covenant with him and his descendants. God brought contentment into Abraham's life.
How does God bring contentment? Well, let's look at the meaning of "content" (Defn. 2). Two sub definitions that stand out are "Desiring no more than what one man has," and "Ready to accept or acquiesce." If you were to look at Abraham's life, you would see that these definitions are displayed on multiple occasions.
Back to God bringing contentment, God brings contentment (in the first manner) through the fullness of His character and the reality of His relationship with Abraham. God also brings contentment through us obeying Him and His direction. After all, an omniscient, -potent, and -present God would surely know and have planned the specific direction and plan prepared for each of us. So it's fairly obvious that only God can provide that "perfect fit" that brings contentment with possessions and direction.
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