Fri.-Sabbath, 11/8-10/19 Devotion

Praise God—Sunday is almost here! We get to go to church! In order to help us get ready, here is the great Thomas Watson, from his book entitled, "The Art of Divine Contentment":

"A contented spirit is a cheerful spirit. The Greeks call it ‘euthema.' Content-ment is something more than patience; for patience denotes only submission, contentment denotes cheerfulness. A contented Christian is more than pas-sive; he not only bears the cross, but he takes up the cross, (Matt. 6:24). He looks upon God as a wise God; and whatever He [God] does . . . the believer knows it is in order to procure a cure [or something good].

"Hence the contented Christian is cheerful; and with the apostle Paul, 'Takes pleasure in infirmities, distresses,' etc., (2 Cor. 12:10). He not only submits to God's dealings, but rejoices in them. He not only says, ‘The Lord is just in all that has happened to me,' but ‘The Lord is good.' This is what it means to be contented."