Is the Grass Greener?

​Last week I was driving out to Alabama to go see a client. As I was driving, I came up on this field with a ton of cows but that is not what got my attention. What got my attention was how this bull was able to get his head through the fence to eat the grass on the other side of the fence. My first thought was how did he get his head through that fence, but then I started thinking why he is risking getting his head stuck for the brown grass on this side of the fence when the grass he was standing on was greener? As I sat there watching I thought, well he is just stupid. But can’t we also say this about us?
This had me thinking, why do we think the grass is greener on the other side? Do we believe if we had that “what” we would be happier?  Do you feel like that sometimes? You say the “if only” complaint, if only I didn’t live here in Pensacola, I’m sure I would be happier or if only I hadn’t married my partner or if only I made more money.
In trying to define this saying, it’s the belief that something better will come along. Unfortunately, it’s ingrained in our way of thinking. We are rarely satisfied, in a society that tells us we’re never enough, and we don’t “have” enough things. We somehow think happiness is just around the corner, somewhere else.
What I’m trying to say is some people live their life with ‘the grass is always greener syndrome’ which is where they perceive that what they have is never enough, when they are never content, and when they are always looking for more. But there is a time when we need to stop looking at the ‘don’t have’ and start looking at what we really do have. It really is that simple. The ‘grass is always greener’ causes you to distort and devalue what you already have and to overvalue what you don’t have, it makes you take the things that are important for granted. This means we need to change our perspective because the grass may not really be greener on the other side of the fence, it just may just look that way from your side of the fence
Examine God’s blessing on your life today and learn to appreciate it. Learn to want what you have. Thank God for what you have. Don’t keep wanting what’s over the fence. It may be wrong, and not suitable for you. Learn to be content with what God has given you. Paul Say it well in Philippians 4:11-12 “I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances. I know how to survive in tight situations, and I know how to enjoy having plenty. V13 “I can be content in any and every situation through the Anointed One who is my power and strength”. He was talking about Jesus Christ, his lord and Savior. Remember our Contentment should be in Christ, not in the grass we think is greener.