''I have learned to be content.'' To learn, first one must know his ABC's. The ABC's of contentment are:
I am nothing in myself. Christ is all in all.
I deserve nothing. What I have from God, I do not deserve.
I can do nothing. Christ says, ''Apart from Me, you can do nothing.'' Wanting to do something without Christ is evil.
I am vile. By nature I am not only an empty vessel, but corrupt.
I can make use of nothing, if with it God withdraws Himself.
I am worse than nothing, for sin has made me so.
If I perish, nothing will be lost. God can raise up someone else.
. . . Seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are sartisfied only with Christ brings contentment.