Moment of Meditation: Never Left, Never Forsaken (Hebrews 13:5)

Original Broadcast: September 2010

Monthly Theme: Ninth Commandment

Keep your lives 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."
(Hebrews 13:5)

Never Left, Never Forsaken

Here is the true essence of contentment: God's promise. He has promised us through Moses that He will never leave nor forsake us. He will always be there for us.

Be content with what you have. You have God involved and concerned about your life. He is so involved and so concerned that He came into the flesh to endure life as we know it. He lived your life. He died your death. He opened your grave with His resurrection.

He will never leave you. He will never forsake you. What more can you want? Everything else we strive for in this life is trivial compared to this assurance of everlasting life. St. Paul takes this tact as he writes the text for our next devotion: "I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances" (Philippians 4:11). Amen.