腓立比书 4:1~23
幸福的秘诀—谈知足
- 我们以为知足就是我们没有的时候要学的东西。保罗说，不是这样的。有时候你需要学习的是，当你赚得很多钱，你也要学会知足。当你知道耶稣是谁的时候，你无论在哪里，都会感到满足。
- 如果你所想的事情就是“要是我能有这一样东西就好了”，那你永远不会找到满足。满足只能在耶稣基督里找到，也唯有在基督里。
- 我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能做。这节经文的目的不是要说，你可以变得富有，而是在基督里你就是富足的，也就是说，即使你没有钱，你仍然可以满足。
- 圣经中有一个原则。箴言11：25说：“好施舍的，必得丰裕﹔滋润人的，必得滋润。”保罗说，如果你祝福别人，那你自己也会被祝福。
- 诗篇37：25-26中说：“我从前年幼，现在年老，却未见过义人被弃，也未见过他的后裔讨饭。他终日恩待人，借给人﹔他的后裔也蒙福！”
- 这是耶稣的教导。耶稣说：“你们要先求神的国，上帝的事，上帝看为重要的东西，那么这些东西都要加给你们。”
- 所以保罗说我喜欢你们腓立比人给我奉献，并不是因为我需要这些，是因为他为腓利比人感到激动，因为上帝要供给他们一切所需用的。
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.”
