BE CONTENTED

BE CONTENTED                      Monday June 8, 2015

Text: Philippians 4:11              Memory verse: v 11     

If we are trying to pass a message and people don’t understand us, our message will not yield the much anticipated result. This made Paul to make the statement in our text for clarity, so that the Philippians will not misunderstand the message he was trying to pass across. The fact that the Philippians had not sent help sooner did not mean that Paul had been disappointed in them or that he had been put in desperate straits at that time.

Instead, he had learned an important secret to the Christian life: that he could live happily with whatever he had, whether much or little. He explained that his sufficiency was in Christ alone, who provides strength to cope with all circumstances. Is this not a challenge for us in this present generation where anxiety and materialism have eaten most of us up?

How can we get to that lofty goal of contentment? It is important for believers to realize that biblical ‘contentment’ is not fatalism or submission to one’s lot in life. Contentment involves having right perspective about life; that everything belongs to God and what we have is a gift from Him. We should be thankful for what we have, not coveting what others have. Ask God for wisdom to use wisely what you have and also pray for grace to let go your desires for what you don’t have. This is a panacea for contentment.

Food for Thought: There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

Prayer: Almighty God, make me to be contented with what you have given me and remove in me every form of greed in Jesus name.