May.30.01: Light For The Day - "We shall be Content." -- 1 Timothy 6:8 (RSV) "There is great gain in godliness with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world,  and we cannot take anything out of the world; 8 but if we have food and clothing,  with these we shall be content." ---------------- Between now and heaven, some of you will pass through  a great deal of affliction. Some of us who are called to  see others suffer feel much tenderness toward the children  of affliction. We speak with great sympathy when we say,  “Do not shudder when pain and tremors come over your  body, because His mercy endures forever. He will make  your bed in sickness. ‘Underneath are the everlasting arms’ ”  (Deut. 33:27). Perhaps between here and heaven you will experience a  great many needs. It may be that you are afraid of poverty.  You do not have a large sum of money in the bank and  your pockets are empty. Sometimes you are out of work.  You hardly know what you will eat or drink. Let this  comfort you, “Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever”  (Ps. 138:8). “Having food and clothing, with these we shall be content”  (1 Tim. 6:8), “for He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave  you nor forsake you’ ” (Heb. 13:5). All the streams may  dry up, but the brook Cherith will flow. Even if it fails,  God has a widow at Zarephath to feed you (1 Kin. 17:9). Heaven’s heirs will not lack bread while God lives.  It is written, “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in  the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself  also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your  heart” (Ps. 37:3–4). “Bread will be given, your water will  be sure” (Is. 33:16). -- C.H.Spurgeon