Contentment

By Jonathan Edwards

“Although most human beings give the appearance at times of being confused seekers for truth with a naive respect for God, the reality is that unless they are moved by the Spirit they have a natural distaste for God, an uncontrollable desire to break His laws and a constant tendency to sit in judgment on Him when they notice Him at all. Since His purposes cross theirs at every juncture, they really hate Him more than any finite object, and this is clearly displayed in their treatment of His Son. They are largely unconscious of this enmity. It is usually repressed through their unbelief, their creation of agreeable false portraits of God, their sense of His distance from us, their fear of punishment or their lack of awareness of the magnitude of their guilt.”

This is how most people live. This is how most people want to live. People in effect say to God, “Leave me alone and I’ll leave You alone.” This, they call contentment.