The most outstanding characteristic of Eastern civilization is to know contentment whereas that of Western civilization is not to know contentment. Hu Shih

The Problem

Are you getting what you want out of your job?

• According to published surveys, up to 80 percent of Americans occupy the wrong job for them.
• Men, made for work, must feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in their work, or contentment will elude them.
• If a man is unhappy in his work, he is unhappy.

The Secret of Job Contentment

• The secret of job contentment is not getting what you want, but redefining what you need.
• Three principles from Scripture apply when we are willing to redefine what we need to achieve job contentment:
  • We need to control our ambition.
  • Our contentment must come from our relationship with God, not from our circumstances.
  • We need to redefine the basic roles in our work relationships:
    • The ultimate boss is God.
    • We are to be stewards.