Aim: To be diligent pupils in the school of Christian contentment.
Doctrine: Christian contentment is a learned virtue that is very hard to come by, and that hedges us from extreme dangers.
Exegesis: The profound lessons that foster Christian contentment: we should learn to live beyond need (vv. 10-11), circumstances (v. 12), and limitations (v. 13).
Further application: How to learn the art of Christian contentment: first, we must accept the fact of real suffering; then, we must relish the reality of divine provision.
Key verse: v. 11 ''Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content...''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
