The Danger of Discontentment

Listen

• Powerful people know how to use the rich and exploit the poor for personal advantage (5:8-9).
• It is rare for someone to reach a satisfactory level of personal wealth (5:10-12).
• Poor business decisions will unnecessarily rob you and your family (5:13-17).
• If you recognize perks in this life as gifts from God, it’s not sinful to enjoy them (5:18-20).
• Discontentment will prohibit you from enjoying the resources and respect given to you (6:1-7).
• Wisdom is recognizing what you have, not longing for what you don’t (6:8-9).
• We waste great effort attempting to ascribe more value to worldly treasures than they can provide (6:10-12).

Consider

• Discontentment drives dangerous decisions.
• If excess is preferred, success is improbable.
• Common Temptations When Discontent
• Settle:
• Shortcut:
• Steal:
• Sacrifice:
• The secret to contentment is learning how to enjoy – not indulge.