I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
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I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:11, 13 NIV
Let's not rush past this contentment thing...Paul uses food as his example...he must've known what it was like to have no food, perhaps in prison, when shipwrecked?
In our modern culture going hungry is something we generally have to manufacture - a fast, or the 40hr famine.
What are the circumstances then that make us not content?
Failure.
Not feeling we measure up to others expectations.
Being left out.
Ignored.
When others are doing "better"
Fear of the future
There's something that pushes our discontent button.
Paul's solution is the same. Get your eyes back on Jesus, who he is, what he did, give our stuff to him, look to him for strength, live out kingdom values, live in the hope he gives...and contentment will come.
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