“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” I think we all know the feeling. Want and plenty ebb and flow through our times like the tides. That’s life. Like the old Sinatra song said, “You’re riding high in April, shot down in May.” We accept that as a part of life. Which is fine as far as it goes. However, Paul said accepting the ups and downs of life is just the beginning for Christians. We are not only to accept the ebb and flow of life, we are to find contentment by learning how to be full and how to have needs.
“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Struggling through hard times is admirable. Doing so without doubt, complaint or whimper is divine. Which calls on us to make a decision about our goals. Do you wish to be admired or like Christ? The same is true of riches, although there are passages in the Bible that lead me to believe that learning how to abound may be the more difficult of the two.
Everywhere and in all things---happens everyday. Are you learning as you go?
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