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How to Thrive and Not Just Survive
November 27, 2008
by John Absher, Singles Pastor, Calvary Church, Naperville, IL The Apostle Paul was a guy who was content, in spite of all the challenges that filled his life. He dealt with loneliness, people misunderstanding him, and obsession with the vision God gave him. Add to that the harsh realities of life, coupled with severe persecution for his faith. Yet Paul can still write Philippians 4:11-13: "I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength."So what can we gain from Paul’s words here regarding contentment? Being content is a state of mind rather than the actual circumstances surrounding our lives.
II. Being content is something we learn; we are not automatically content. It is a process of successfully navigating life experiences that produces contentment.
III. Being content is holding on to hope.
IV. Being content is maintaining a focused vision.
V. Being content is depending on God, who is the source of our strength.
I don’t know if I have mastered contentment entirely. I can be pretty selfish sometimes, but I thought of a story in my life where God taught me how to be content.
I was in Africa one time and we were doing a crusade in Rakai, Uganda. WorldVision was providing us hotel rooms with a restaurant. Every day I would go to eat lunch, the menu was amazing. So I sat down to order. “I’ll have the steak please,” I said to the waiter. “We do not have steak,” the waiter replied. “Okay, I’ll have the fish and chips.” “We do not have fish and chips”. “Okay, I’ll have the pork.” "We do not have the pork.” I finally said, “What do you have?” “We have Tilapia (the kind that is cooked with the head, fins, and scales still on it) and goat.” I tried the goat one time, and after that I ate French fries every day.
The hotel was not comfortable, the food was bad, there was a disco over my room that played loud music all night long, the roads were horrible, the police threatened to arrest us, and young Muslim men stood in the crowd while I was preaching, wearing t-shirts with the slogan, “We support Sadam Hussein.” However, during those meetings over 500 people a night heard the gospel in a town where over half the population had been killed by AIDS, and 100 people found Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. On the first Sunday we arrived, the church sponsoring the crusade had 30 people in attendance. The last service on the Sunday before we left the church had over 100 people in attendance. I was content.
I would not trade that time in a life for a year’s vacation in the best ocean view room in Singapore. I think that is what it means to be content. *