Book Review: Contentment, Prosperity, and God's Glory by Jeremiah Burroughs

Paul wrote in Philippians 4:11-12, "Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need." Americans have a tough time to be content. We live in such a fast food, have it your way word, we are always in the hunt for more.

Jeremiah Burroughs wrote in Contentment, Prosperity, and God's Glory, which is an extended appendix of his classic, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, deals with the issue of being content in light of what Paul wrote in the book of Philippians. Burroughs makes being content similar as being full. In the first chapter, he deals with what it means to be full as well as learning to be full. The next chapter deals with the difficulty in learning to be full. The best quote from chapter 2 is when Burroughs says, "When a man perceives himself to be self-sufficient, he sees no need for God or Christ or mercy or the Word and its promises" (pg. 43).

The rest of the book deals with more lessons on being full as well as talking about how one may be guilty of using his abundance for self instead of service to God. This book maybe small but packs a punch especially in the area of contentment because Americans like to have more and want more of it.

Thanks Reformation Heritage Books for letting me review this book.