好管家系列(2.13)

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.”

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