Never Enough

It’s difficult to be content in every situation — and Paul knew it. In this episode, Blake opens Philippians 4:11-13, where Paul says he “learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger,” and shows how Paul took the Greco-Roman ideal of self-sufficiency and flipped it: his contentment wasn’t built on needing nothing, but on complete dependence on Christ.Blake gets honest about how discontentment hides — the busyness, the scrolling and comparing, the numbing habits, the quiet “never enough” that runs our lives while we’re the last to see it. Then he points to where real contentment comes from: it isn’t manufactured, it’s learned — one surrendered moment at a time, as we draw so near to Jesus that He becomes enough. When Christ is your treasure, the endless “never enough” finally goes quiet.Follow Before the Lord on Facebook (@BeforeTheLord) and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo). Get devotionals delivered to your inbox at blakescrawford.com/sign-up, or listen anytime at blakescrawford.com/listen. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart.