Lessons on Contentment from The Chosen

April 19, 2025

Hi friend,

Could you relate today? I certainly could. “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life” (Proverbs 13:12, NKJV). “But to You, I have cried out, O Lord, and in the morning, my prayer comes before You. Lord, why do You cast off my soul? Why do you hide Your face from me? (Psalm 88:13-14, NKJV). So, what are you waiting for? If you ask me, there’s a list of about 300 things that I’m currently waiting for. For me, it seems as though that’s the natural bend of my heart. I am seemingly never satisfied. Or is it just me who must practice being content? My list continues to grow. For every one item that’s checked off, I seemingly add 17 more.

I went to see The Chosen season 5 in theaters last week. In part 2 there’s a powerful season (semi spoiler alert incoming) where the disciples (and then later the women) say to Jesus, something to the extent of, “if you had never (insert statement here) it would have been enough.” So, as I sit here resonating with the, “But to You I have cried out, O Lord!” I am also reminded that when I first did, he was quick to save me. And begrudgingly, I acknowledge that if he only ever saved me, it would have been enough. And with that comes a slight wave of conviction followed by glimmers of contentment. It would have been enough. “So, when will it actually be enough?” I ask myself. And what if today you start living as though it were really true? If all he ever did was sacrifice himself so that we might have everlasting life, would that have been enough?

At this moment, I say absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, yes. Now, if I could just hold onto that for the next twenty minutes! (Oh, just me?) I pray that contentment and gratuity for what he has done (and the magnitude of it all) take deep root into our hearts, not just this weekend but every single day.

I love you, friend,
iK