“Be content with such things as ye have.” Hebrews 13:5
The story goes that a father offered his young daughter as many coins as she could pick out of a cookie jar. When she agreed to the challenge, her father placed on the table a cookie jar filled with 5 cent coins. Anxious to take as many as possible she thrust her hand inside. Clutching as many as she could, she was about to withdraw her hand when her father put another jar on the table, this one filled with 20 cent coins. Seeing this, the little girl wanted to take some of those too – but when she tried to withdraw her hand from the 5p jar, while still clutching a handful of 5p coins, she found she was unable to, simply because she was holding on to the 5p coins. Then the father added a third jar to the table, one filled with 50 cent coins. Realising the value of the 50 cent coins far exceeded that of the 5 cent, she now desperately wanted some of those too. But once again, frustration struck because she insisted on holding onto the 5 cent coins. Only when she realised that to fill her hand with the most valuable coin on offer, she would have to let go of the least valuable coins, she loosened her grip on them and was able to withdraw her hand and place it in the jar of 50 cent’s. Sometimes we can be so like children. We see the good things Yehovah has on offer for us to receive and enjoy, but we can all too easily settle for less than Yehovah’s best because we cling onto what we already have rather than trusting He knows something better is on its way. Choose to be wise and believe Yehovah has only the best in mind for you and for your future. Let go of the second and third best and reach out in faith for Yehovah’s best. Trust His wisdom and His timing. In fact, just trust Him…, He knows best!!