Contentment vs. Complacency: A Grateful Pursuit

Contentment and complacency are two of the most difficult things to balance in life. We must be filled with gratitude for the blessings we've been given while at the same time persevering toward more. We often tend to lose sight of the importance of both, and as a result abandon one or the other. Let's start by looking at some definitions to really clarify what it is we're striving for.

Contentment, n.

1. The quality or state of being contented

Contented, adj.

1. feeling or showing satisfaction with one's possessions, status, or situation

Complacency, n.

1. self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.

2. an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-satisfaction

*All definitions quoted from Merriam Webster Dictionary

While contentment is being satisfied with what you have, complacency is a sometimes uninformed and often dangerous false sense of satisfaction. When we are complacent, we are blinded to the fact that improvement, change, etc. does need to be enacted. This doesn't mean we should be unsatisfied with the life we lead but rather should be living in a grateful pursuit of discovering what the Father has in store for us. We will never "arrive" to our finish line until the return of Yahusha, but we will be on our way our entire lives. This is the reason I named the blog Grateful Pursuit. I am walking through this becoming with a heart that is wildly full of gratitude. We must all choose to take on this heart posture and allow the Father to mold us into the masterpiece we were created to be.

Contentment should overflow from our presence. Choosing to leave behind complacency does not mean losing sight of the right now. When we are grateful for the present, it helps us immensely in preparing for the future. We would wear out so quickly if we only ever lived for what is to come! Finding the balance is finding the peace and the progress. Join me in living this grateful pursuit of Yahuah.

Love,

Nola:)