CONTENTMENT 4: 2 CORINTHIANS 12:10
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Contentment
1. Contentment
a) Content is defined as satisfied with what one is or has. This is a feeling that is propagated by an attitude. You only have 2 possible choices when situations arise. You can be reactive and let the situation dictate your response, or you can be proactive and choose your actions based on discipline.
b) Being content is a proactive choice in everything. It is a choice that you can make in every single situation. Contention doesn't mean you are happy in the bad times. It means you are satisfied with life because you know that God has things in control.
2. Bible Verses
2 Corinthians 12:10
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
a) There is an important point here: “for the sake of Christ.” This is the reason why we all can be content. Christ left perfection in Heaven to come down to the most disorderly place ever. He came down willingly, knowing that men would lead Him to a horrific death on a cross, so that we could be saved and be holy before God. That is why we can be content in all of the bad stuff. If Christ loved us enough to die for us all, then being content is nothing compared to the gift we have been given. We can be thankful in all things because Christ loved us all of the way to the cross.
The End ...
b) Being content is a proactive choice in everything. It is a choice that you can make in every single situation. Contention doesn't mean you are happy in the bad times. It means you are satisfied with life because you know that God has things in control.
2. Bible Verses
2 Corinthians 12:10
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
a) There is an important point here: “for the sake of Christ.” This is the reason why we all can be content. Christ left perfection in Heaven to come down to the most disorderly place ever. He came down willingly, knowing that men would lead Him to a horrific death on a cross, so that we could be saved and be holy before God. That is why we can be content in all of the bad stuff. If Christ loved us enough to die for us all, then being content is nothing compared to the gift we have been given. We can be thankful in all things because Christ loved us all of the way to the cross.
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