Title: Why I Value Contentment Over Control
Text:
Philippians 4:11-13 (ESV)
11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.
13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Observation:
I have found that we can find contentment in the midst of trying and difficulty circumstances. I can't control what happens around me, but I can choose how I react to things that happen to me, and around me.
I'm grateful for every day that the Lord gives me, and I choose to rejoice, and be glad in it. I can live with contentment because of this promise.
John 10:10 (ESV)
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
I have found in my experience of living that the key to contentment is to live one day at a time. How do you eat an elephant? The answer, one bite at a time.
While you are waiting on prayers that you prayed previously, why not ask the Lord to give you what you need today. Meanwhile, give Him thanks for what He has already done for you.
Psalm 23:1 (HCSB)
1 The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.
Prayer:
Father God, I exalt Your name above every name on earth and in heaven. Father, I am so grateful for everything You have done for me from the day of my birth until this present moment.
Father, I acknowledge that I am not my own, I have been bought with a price. Jesus paid it all for me so I willingly give myself to Him, and You for sending Him to be my Savior and the Lord of my life.
Father, I willing surrender my life to You, and I wait patiently upon You to supply all of my needs, and to supply them one day at a time. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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