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For the Christian, this contentment is spiritual: the Christian is content when he knows that God has, does, and shall meet all his needs. It is a “fulness.” It is the knowledge, as well, that nothing that happens can take away from this fulness. Then there is the aspect of calmness. The content pe
Contentment is a fruit of faith which God gives by His grace and as such we must be content in all things. Paul tells us in Galatians to be content whether we abound or are abased, whether full or empty. This means we are content whether in prosperous or troublesome times. In each of them we have ex
To these external things our earthly life is related; in a measure we are dependent on them; we are in need of them; we cannot do without them. And, therefore, there is in our hearts a certain measure of desire for them. We want them, expect them, look for them and strive to acquire them. We need b
Are you content? Content right now, at this very moment, in your current situation as you read this article? Are you content with your government and its leaders, with your church and its members and officers, with your life and its circumstances? Are you content with your health and appearance, abi
It is evident, therefore, that the cause of contentment lies not in things, but in the heart. It is not from without, but from within. It does hot arise from the fact that all things seem to bend to our slightest wish, but from the spiritual power always to adapt our inner state to our outward condi
Contentment implies a certain need. It is in connection with his own daily need that Paul made this confession. In fact, the apostle wrote the epistle to the Philippians toward the close of his life, while he was a prisoner at Rome, where he would die a martyr's death. The church at Philippi had se
In his Lexicon of the New Testament, Thayer points in the helpful direction when he includes among several meanings for contentment, "independent of external circumstances." Contentment can only mean, therefore, that the inner life of a man is entirely independent of the external circumstances of hi
For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Phil. 4:11b I have learned to be content! Shall we repeat it after the apostle? Are we able to make this confession, this expression of contentment with whatsoever our lot may be, with our state and position in this present wo
Now we can understand that, because contentment is exactly such an inner spiritual condition of the heart, the apostle can write: I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Many and various are the states of our life and existence in the midst of the world: high and low estate
To these external things our earthly life is related; in a measure we are dependent on them; we are in need of them; we cannot do without them. Therefore, there is in our hearts a certain measure of desire for them. We want them, expect them, look for them, and strive to acquire them. We need bread