Being content not whiny

How dare we think that God is somehow less good when we are going through something hard.

I would have never admitted it a few days ago, but now I can honestly say that I had fallen into this lie. Growing up, listening to my parents stories of God's faithfulness, I knew that what was not now good would someday be used for my good and his glory. I knew this. Heck I had even experienced it in my own life but for some reason I was still bitter, angry and whiny. Yes whiny.

I knew that God had this, and that one day I would understand why I was going through so much hurt. I knew that He was still good in the long term but I forgot that he is ALWAYS good.

God is good long term, I wasn't wrong when I learned that. But by definition, if God is always good, He is also good short term. And there I was, wallowing in self pity because of my injury, waiting patiently for all this to work out for good, completely missing what was already good in my life.

But God is faithful. He knows just how long it takes me to learn lessons. He knows that I usually have to learn the hard way and he provided that hard way.

I was at work, bitter of mind and spirit, when one of my coworkers came up to me and told me straight up that I was being whiny, he then proceeded to place my memory cards in my hand and walk away. The really unfortunate part of this interaction was the first verse was Phili 4:11 which says

“Now I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned that whatever the situation, I am to be content.”

As soon as he left I felt my stomach drop, I knew immediately that he was right. I was being whiny and there was no reason for it. I was to be content. Good is good in every second, and when I finally stopped to be content I could see it. When I took my laser focus off the future and had a more balanced look at the right now I finally got it.

Maybe the thing you are focusing so hard on in the future, even if it is a good thing, is blocking out what you need to see right now.