June 24. I can be content in every circumstance. I have learned in whatever situation I am to be

content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance,

I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things

through Him who strengthens me, Philippians 4, 11 through 13.

God's provision of day by day future grace enables Paul to be filled or hungry,

to prosper or suffer, to have abundance or go wanting.

I can do all things, really means all things, not just easy things, all things means

through Christ I can hunger and suffer and be in want. This puts the stunning promise of verse 19

in its proper light. My God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in

Christ Jesus. What does every need of yours mean in view of Philippians 4, 11 through 12?

It means all that you need for God glorifying contentment, which may include times of hunger and

need. Paul's love for the Philippians flowed from His contentment in God, and His contentment

flowed from His face in the future grace of God's infallible provision to be all He needed in

times of plenty and want. It's obvious then that covetousness is exactly the opposite of faith.

It's the loss of contentment in Christ so that we start to crave other things to satisfy the

longings of our hearts which only the presence of God Himself can satisfy, and there's no mistaken

that the battle against covetousness is a battle against unbelief in God's promise to be all we need

in every circumstance. This is so clear in Hebrews 13.5. Watch how the author argues for our freedom

from the love of money, freedom from covetousness, the freedom of contentment in God.

Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have for

he has said, I will never leave you or forsake you. Faith in this promise, I will never leave

you, breaks the power of all God dishonoring desire, all covetousness, wherever we sense the

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