More than Blessed

The past seven days have been one of the most emotionally challenging and draining times in a long while. Due to an entirely unfair circumstance, my future here is anything but certain. No trivial amount of tears have been shed on my part, which is quite a rarity for me. My frenzied emotions- upset, sadness, seething anger, and defensiveness- have been running unchecked. But yet, in the midst of my colossal sinful pity party today, the LORD reminded me ever so gently that "my portion is He and I am more than blessed".

Martyn Lloyd Jones on Contentment:

1) Conditions are always changing; therefore I must obviously not be dependent upon conditions.

2) What matters supremely and vitally is my soul and my relationship to God--that is the first thing.

3) God is concerned about me as my Father, and nothing happens to me apart from God. Even the very hairs of my head are all numbered. I must never forget that.

4) God's will and God's ways are a great mystery, but I know that whatever He wills or permits is of necessity for my good.

5) Every situation in life is the unfolding of some manifestation of God's love and goodness. Therefore, my business is to look for this peculiar manifestation of God's goodness and kindness and to be prepared for surprises and blessings because "His ways are not my ways, neither His thoughts my thoughts."

6) I must regard circumstances and conditions not in and of themselves but as part of God's dealings with me in the work of perfecting my soul.

7) Whatever my conditions may be at this present moment, they are only temporary. . . . They can never rob me of the joy and glory that awaits me with Christ.

LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. (Ps. 16:5)