腓立比書 4:1~23
幸福的秘訣—談知足
- 我們以為知足就是我們沒有的時候要學的東西。保羅說，不是這樣的。有時候你需要學習的是，當你賺得很多錢，你也要學會知足。當你知道耶穌是誰的時候，你無論在哪裡，都會感到滿足。
- 如果你所想的事情就是“要是我能有這一樣東西就好了”，那你永遠不會找到滿足。滿足隻能在耶穌基督裡找到，也唯有在基督裡。
- 我靠著那加給我力量的，凡事都能做。這節經文的目的不是要說，你可以變得富有，而是在基督裡你就是富足的，也就是說，即使你沒有錢，你仍然可以滿足。
- 聖經中有一個原則。箴言11：25說：“好施舍的，必得豐裕﹔滋潤人的，必得滋潤。”保羅說，如果你祝福別人，那你自己也會被祝福。
- 詩篇37：25-26中說：“我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未見過義人被棄，也未見過他的后裔討飯。他終日恩待人，借給人﹔他的后裔也蒙福！”
- 這是耶穌的教導。耶穌說：“你們要先求神的國，上帝的事，上帝看為重要的東西，那麼這些東西都要加給你們。”
- 所以保羅說我喜歡你們腓立比人給我奉獻，並不是因為我需要這些，是因為他為腓利比人感到激動，因為上帝要供給他們一切所需用的。
What do you need to be happy?
- This is something Paul learned through his experience. He says, “I’ve learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know how to be content if I have a lot of stuff.”
- Contentment has nothing to do with your circumstances.Contentment is found in Jesus Christ and him alone.
- When we give to others, God supplies all our needs. Everything will be taken care of. God’s going to supply all of our needs; we just have to stayfaithful.
- Proverbs 11:25 says, “Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.” Paul says: If you’re going to blessother people, you’re going to be taken care of.
- Psalm 37:25–26 says, “I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.”
