"Not that I speak from want, for I have learned
to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with
humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every
circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both
of having abundance and suffering need."
11 لَسْتُ أَعْنِي أَنِّي كُنْتُ فِي
حَاجَةٍ، فَأَنَا قَدْ تَعَلَّمْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَنُوعاً فِي كُلِّ حَالٍ.
12 وَأَعْرِفُ
كَيْفَ أَعِيشُ فِي الْعَوَزِ، وَكَيْفَ أَعِيشُ فِي الْوَفْرَةِ. فَإِنِّي، فِي
كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَفِي جَمِيعِ الأَحْوَالِ، مُتَدَرِّبٌ عَلَى الشَّبَعِ وَعَلَى
الْجُوعِ، وَعَلَى الْعَيْشِ فِي الْوَفْرَةِ أَوْ فِي الْعَوَزِ
Philippians 4:11-12
I will be content when I get married, I will be
content when I have children, I will be content when I become financially
independent, I will be content when I lose 20 pounds, I will be content when my
children grow up, I will be content when…
Notice that The Apostle Paul says that he learned
to be content in whatever situation he is. We have to learn that too. Sometimes
we get focused on our dreams and desires and feel frustrated that we have not
received them and we forget to enjoy the now. Is it possible that we delay
receiving God’s blessings because He wants us to learn to be content in the now
and under any circumstance? I believe that when I learn to be content under any
circumstance I am showing my faith in God.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba
Father, thank You for Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love for me and
Your abundant blessings. Jesus teach me to be content and thankful for
what I have. Help me Lord to release the frustration and anxiety that I am
feeling because I have not received my dreams and desires, and help me realize
that You are doing what is best for me. Teach me to be content in the now and
under all circumstance, to rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him. Help me
Jesus to enjoy the journey not just the destination. Jesus please release
Your blessings and satisfy me every morning with Your loving kindness,
that I may sing for joy and be glad all my days knowing that You
will never desert me, nor ever forsake me.
I
pray in Jesus' precious Holy Name, to Him be the power, the glory and the
dominion forever and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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