Today's encouragement comes from Philippians 2:14, where Paul wrote these words:
"Do all things without complaining and disputing . . . "Complaining (grumbling), and disputing (arguing) come naturally to us fallen children of Adam. Do any parents ever have to train their children to complain or dispute? On top of this, the world strongly encourages people to be discon-tented and disgruntled.
But God’s saving grace in Jesus and His gospel transforms us from being murmurers and complainers, into being gracious and thankful. Paul will go on, and say that the genuineness of our Christian testimonies is directly linked to the Spirit-filled attitude we are to have when we do anything, (see vv. 15-16). Today, let us trust Christ to give us, His church, supernatural grace to be grateful, not dissatisfied.
[Puritan quote of the day: "There is not one of us who does not have many mercies if we could just see them. But, because we do not have all that we desire, we lose the comfort of that which we have.” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Art of Divine Contentment"]
