FInding contentment

Since the creation of man, there has always been someone that is unhappy or discontent with something in life. There are always people who want to be different than they are:
If we’re young, we want to be older. If we’re old, we wish we were younger.
If it’s old, we want something new. If it’s new, we want something newer.
If it’s small, we want something bigger. If it’s big, we want something really big.
If we have a hundred dollars, we want two hundred. If we have two hundred, we want five hundred.
If we have an apartment, we want a condo. If we have a condo, we want a house. If we have a house, we want a bigger house. Or a new house. Or a nicer house. Or maybe we want to scale down and live in an apartment again.
If we have a job, we dream of a better job, a bigger job, a closer job, with a bigger office, a better boss, better benefits, more challenge, bigger opportunity, nicer people to work for, and more vacation time.
If we’re single, we dream of being married. If we’re married, …well you get the picture.
So how do we find contentment in this crazy world? By realizing that you are exactly where God wants you to be and there is a whole lot of work to be done.
inside of 7 verses in 1 Corinthians 7 there is a pattern repeated by Paul.
“Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him” (v. 17).
“Each one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him” (v. 20).
“Brothers, each man, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation God called him to” (v. 24).
There you have it, God called you and placed you carefully right where you are and there is no reason to want to be anywhere else. I can honestly tell you right now, I don't want to be exactly where I am. I want to be full time at the church, working for God 24-7(which I do just not the way I want to) and waking up every day just to do ministry and nothing else. But, the reality is I am where I am by God's appointing and I need to see each day as an opportunity to fulfill what God's plan is for me right here and right now.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!