How exactly does faith manifest itself in our lives? Does full contentment in our station in life constitute the kind of faith that pleases God? What then is contentment? Is it derived externally from getting one more material thing? Or is it the internal peace we get from knowing that God orders our steps, regardless of what we own... A.W. Tozer says that "things... were made for man's use, but they were always meant to be external to the man and subservient to him. Our woes began when God was forced out of His central shrine and things were allowed to enter... God's gifts now take the place of God." And so discontent reigns because one more material thing can never satisfy. However, when we've learned to put 'things' and God in the proper order in our lives, then contentment reigns... and then we've come a long way in having a kind of faith that pleases God.
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