"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
need 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 we have not learned to be content in the now and under any circumstance? I believe that when I learn to be content under any circumstance, I will be demonstrating my faith in God.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Jesus please teach me to be
content and thankful for the good things I have, and for all the bad things I
do not 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. Abba Father, thank You for Your unfailing,
inseparable, deep and everlasting love for me, Your abundant blessings in my
life, and for the riches of Your grace upon my life. I declare
Jesus as my Lord and Saviour, and I pray in His precious holy name. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the
majesty, the blessings, and the dominion before all time, and now, and
forevermore. Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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