The Ninth Consideration

Yes, consider when God has given you such contentment, you have not given him the glory. When God has let you have your heart's desire, what have you done with your heart's desire? You have not been the better for it; it may be you have been the worse many times, and therefore let that satisfy you: I meet with crosses, but when I had contentment and all things coming in, God had but little or no glory from me, and therefore let that be a means now to quiet me in my discontented thoughts.

Consider also this: when God has given you contentment and prosperity, you have not given Him the glory for it. When God let you have what your heart desired, what did you do with it? You were not made better by it — in many cases you were made worse. Let that satisfy you now: I am facing crosses, but when I had everything I wanted, God received little or no glory from me. Let that truth quiet my discontented thoughts.