My Journal and Diary
2025
October
Friday, October 24th, 2025
Cultivating Contentment
A recurring theme in our devotional life lately has been "contentment." I thought I'd spend a few minutes journalling what I think God has been speaking to me about.
As I interact with YouTube, X, Spotify, and other places where I put my music, it's so tempting to want more than what God has currently provided. A good question that the Spirit has been prompting in me is, "what is the 'enough' number?"
When will I have enough of a Spotify audience?
What is the ideal subscriber base on YouTube?
How many X followers will satisfy me?
How many shares, listens, likes and comments are needed for me to feel satisfied?
Unfortunately, the answer to those questions is always, "A few more."
But do I truly believe that God provides everything that is sufficient? Do I really think that my efforts are necessary in this equation? Does God really need my help?
Actually, what he's asking me to do is to be faithful and available. He wants me to respond to Him. I need to be listening to His voice, His nudging, His prompting. So the short answers is that what God provides is sufficient, and I'm not really believing that in the core of my being.
I want to be even more discerning as I make posts and upload content. I want to only ever do what he's asking me to do, nothing more and nothing less.
God help me to abide in you and remain in you. May I be completely fulfilled with your provision and stop running after things that do not satisfy.
Amen