Contentment Philippians 4:10-13
Contentment What does it mean to be content? What does it mean to be content? Are you a content person? Are you a content person? Are you content with your life? Are you content with your life? Anything you can do to make you more content in your life? Anything you can do to make you more content in your life?
Philippians 4: How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn’t have the chance to help me. 11 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13 For I can do everything through Christ, [a] who gives me strength.a
Aku sangat bersukacita dalam Tuhan, bahwa akhirnya pikiranmu dan perasaanmu bertumbuh kembali untuk aku. Memang selalu ada perhatianmu, tetapi tidak ada kesempatan bagimu. Kukatakan ini bukanlah karena kekurangan, sebab aku telah belajar mencukupkan diri dalam segala keadaan. Aku tahu apa itu kekurangan dan aku tahu apa itu kelimpahan. Dalam segala hal dan dalam segala perkara tidak ada sesuatu yang merupakan rahasia bagiku; baik dalam hal kenyang, maupun dalam hal kelaparan, baik dalam hal kelimpahan maupun dalam hal kekurangan. Segala perkara dapat kutanggung di dalam Dia yang memberi kekuatan kepadaku.
Opposed to: Worry (kawatir) Matt. 6:25, 34 Murmuring (complaint) 1 Cor. 10:10 Greed (rakus) Heb. 13:5 Envy (iri hati) James 3:16
1. Stop Comparing! We always compare up not down.
2. Contentment Comes From Within All of nature depends on hidden resources (within). The most important is the part you can’t see.
3. Everything belongs to God Paul confesses that if he has reached this stage of contentment he owes everything to God: “I can do everything through him who gives me strength” (4:13).
Thermometer Christians: whose satisfaction is totally dependent on circumstances Thermostat Christians: whose satisfaction is totally independent of circumstances and help shape those circumstances.