Big Empty Boxes

"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want"- Philippians 4:11-12 (NIV).

We are instructed to receive God's message as a little child (Mark 10:15). Ask any parent what their children will be attracted to most, on Christmas morning, after all the gifts have been unwrapped and the room is littered with paper and big empty boxes. The gifts will soon be put aside and they will play for hours in the empty boxes. There's a promise of great gain in contentment and, after all, we came into the world naked and we'll not take anything with us when we leave (1 Timothy 6:6-8). The promise is that if we seek God, and His righteousness, above all other things, He will meet our needs (Matthew 6:33). God has assigned a life for us to lead; it's our calling, our assignment, while here on earth. Live that life (1 Corinthians 7:17). The secret is to live with the same contentment children would find in big empty boxes.