Contemplative Bible Reading

Micah 6:14 (New Living Translation)

You will eat but never have enough.
Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain.
And though you try to save your money,
it will come to nothing in the end.
You will save a little,
but I will give it to those who conquer you.

In this verse, the prophet Micah is relaying a punishment—a curse from God. The insufferable curse is simple: discontent.

Those being punished will never have enough. They will always crave something they can never possess. Discontent is a terrible thing. The soul is always striving in vain. The mind never rests as it always schemes to reach something it can imagine but cannot achieve.

God created us and knows us well. Such permits God to punish us. It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of a vengeful God.

This post isn’t positive. I guess the positive aspect of this is the grace of God allows us to avoid such curse and punishment. Thank you God for giving me contentment and not cursing me with eternal discontent.