I want to briefly discuss the antidote to covetousness. For that antidote can be summed up in a single word, and what I am looking for is the name of a wonderful virtue, a rare and priceless jewel.
What is this jewel? Since there is no such word as 'discovetousness', we can rule that out. Maybe it's generosity, I mean that's an antonym for covetousness. Well that is a great virtue to have but its not the antidote, its not the rare jewel I'm thinking of.
The name of that jewel is contentment.
Wilhelmus A'Brakel defined contentment this way, he said: Contentment is a Christian virtue consisting in a correspondence between the desire of God's children and their present condition—this being true because it is the will of their God in Christ and according to His sovereign determination. In this they rest with delight, in quiet confidence, joyfully, and with gratitude, trusting that the Lord will cause the present and the future to turn out to their advantage. This causes them to utilize their present condition to the advancement of their spiritual life and to the glory of God.
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I was converted out of paganism and the occult in 1993 and while I was initially Charismatic/Arminian in my theology, I became Reformed and Presbyterian through bible study and the influence of ministries like Ligonier. After teaching in local bible studies, and taking seminary...
