This Constant Confidence

This morning's Daily Entry in the Chequebook of the Bank of Faith reminded me of this quote from Thomas Watson.  "This constant confidence" that Spurgeon speaks of is the very thing from which our contentment comes.

Contentment is a divine thing: It becomes ours, not by acquisition, but infusion; it is a slip taken off from the tree of life, and planted by the spirit of God in the soul; it is a fruit that grows not in the garden of philosophy, but is of a heavenly birth: it is therefore very observable that contentment is joined with godliness, and is profitable: "godliness with contentment is great gain" (1 Tim.6:6).

Contentment is an intrinsical thing: Contentment hath both fountain and stream in the soul…Thieves may plunder us of our money and plate, but not of this pearl of contentment, unless we are willing to part with it, for it is locked up in the cabinet of the heart; the soul which is possessed of this rich treasure of contentment, is like Noah in the ark, that can sing in the midst of a deluge"

Contentment is a habitual thing: It shines with a fixed light in the firmament of the soul. Contentment does not appear only now and then, as some stars which are seen but seldom; it is a settled attitude of the heart.

Thomas Watson, the Art of Divine Contentment (1855)

Confidence leading to contentment. 

Psalm 125:1-2  

Those who trust in the LORD
         Are like Mount Zion,
         Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
         So the LORD surrounds His people
         From this time forth and forever.  

Comments

[rosemary]

Reading good words about contentment is time well spent. Great post, Kim.