Content?

... I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. (Philippians 4:11)

The New King James Version. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1982.

Learning to be content starts with trusting the ONE who is in control. Our nature is to demand control, trust ourselves, fear others, and complain when expectations go unmet. Anxiety abounds!

But God is patient. He teaches us, if we will learn, to be content. To trust Him despite what we see, feel, perceive, comprehend, think, and project. He is God alone. Now Paul, the inspired writer, is a fine example of this. He knows that he is in prison – that he will go to trial – that he will likely be condemned to death – that his traveling days are over. He is content. He is listening. He is being used of God. Despite the situation, God used him to pen this to the church ... to us.

God uses us, too, when we are content. Trust God.

Takeaway: ask God to grow you in this area.